The contract for school resource officers, or SROs, in Keller ISD and Northwest ISD has been extended for another year.

During the Sept. 30 Fort Worth City Council meeting, an agreement between those schools, as well as Fort Worth ISD and Lena Pope Home Inc., was approved for $9.18 million to provide SROs for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which started Oct. 1. Fort Worth Police Department officers will work in schools within Fort Worth city limits.

The contract will run through Sept. 30, 2026, according to city documents.

The breakdown

FWISD will have 70% of the SROs, or 55, of the 78 that are listed in the contract working within the schools. The fiscal year 2025-26 cost for FWISD is $6.4 million.

KISD will be assigned 12 officers, followed by 10 to NISD and 1 to Lena Pope Home,

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