The Baxter Community School District is getting a School Resource Officer this summer. A 28E Agreement between the school district and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office was approved by the Jasper County Board of Supervisors earlier this week. Jasper County Sheriff Brad Shutts says a federal grant will provide a total of $125,000 over three years towards the cost of the Baxter School Resource Officer.

“That will be $41,666 each year that the grant will provide. The Baxter Community School District will provide $45,000 the first year and then $2,500 increments over the next three after that. So a total of four payments toward this project.”

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for Baxter, which Sheriff Shutts says was a requirement for the federal grant. The School Resource Officer agreement between the Baxter School District and the sheriff’s department begins July 1st and ends on June 30th, 2029.