State legislature approves funding for resource officers at 120 schools statewide

A joint committee at the Arizona state legislature approved funding for nearly 120 school resource officers on campuses across the state.

“For the past two years, I’ve made school safety funding a priority for our Arizona schools,” said co-chair of the Senate Education Committee, Kimberly Yee. “This ensures students feel safe so they can focus on their academics.”

Lawmakers agreed to spend nearly $12 million from the general fund for the 2014-15 school years to add a total of 118 new officers and three juvenile probation officers.

The School Safety Program also requires law-related education to “equip students with knowledge and skills pertaining to law, school safety and effective citizenship.

“It’s another sign of this legislature’s focus on the importance of school safety. We must do all we can to make sure our kids feel safe,” said Yee.

District	School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Shadow Mountain High School
Cartwright Elementary District	Raul Castro Middle School
Kyrene Elementary District	Centennial Middle School
Cartwright Elementary District	Estrella Middle School
Chandler Unified District	Santan Junior High School
Phoenix Elementary District	Kenilworth Elementary School
Mesa Unified District	East Valley Academy High School
Phoenix Elementary District	Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Yuma Elementary District	Fourth Avenue Junior High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Arrowhead Elementary School/Indian Bend Elementary School
Tolleson Union High School District	Sierra Linda High School
Yuma Elementary District	Castle Dome Middle School
Tolleson Union High School District	Tolleson Union High School
Yuma Elementary District	R. Pete Woodard Junior High School
Mesa Unified District	Summit Academy Junior High School
Mesa Unified District	Mesa High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Pinnacle High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Eagle Ridge Elementary School
Chandler Unified District	Basha High School
Bullhead City School District	Fox Creek Junior High School
Cave Creek Unified District	Cactus Shadows High School
Chandler Unified District	Chandler High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Cactus View Elementary School
Yuma Elementary District	Ron Watson Middle School
Cartwright Elementary District	Marc T. Atkinson Middle School
Chandler Unified District	Bogle Junior High School
Tolleson Union High School District	Copper Canyon High School
Crane Elementary District	Crane Middle School
Glendale Union High School District	Moon Valley High School
Mesa Unified District	Westwood High School
Tempe Union High School District	Compadre High School
Yuma Elementary District	Gila Vista Junior High School
Creighton Elementary District	Excelencia Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	Carl Hayden High School
Tucson Unified District	Pueblo Magnet High School
Marana Unified District	Marana Middle School
Cave Creek Unified District	Sonoran Trails Middle School
Phoenix Elementary District	Maie Bartlett Heard Elementary School
Show Low Unified District	Show Low Junior High School
Tempe Union High School District	Tempe High School
Creighton Elementary District	Creighton Elementary School
Kyrene Elementary District	Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Shea Middle School
Tolleson Union High School District	Westview High School
Mesa Unified District	Dobson High School
Payson Unified District	Rim Counry Middle School/Julia Randall Elementary School
Chandler Unified District	Hamilton High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Palomino Primary School/Palomino Intermediate School
Show Low Unified District	Show Low High School
Tempe School District	Connolly Middle School
Tucson Unified District	Palo Verde High Magnet School
Creighton Elementary District	Monte Vista Elementary School
Glendale Elementary District	Challenger Middle School
Tempe Union High School District	Marcos de Niza High School
Crane Elementary District	Centennial Middle School
Creighton Elementary District	Larry C Kennedy School
Glendale Union High School District	Glendale High School
Kingman Unified School District	Cerbat Elementary School/Black Mountain Elementary & Middle School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Horizon High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Mountain Trail Middle School/Explorer Middle School
Kyrene Elementary District	Kyrene Middle School
Mesa Unified District	Stapley Junior High/Smith Junior High School
Chandler Unified District	Willis Junior High School
Kyrene Elementary District	Aprende Middle School
Phoenix Elementary District	Silvestre S. Herrera Elementary School
Cartwright Elementary District	Desert Sands Middle School
Glendale Elementary District	Harold W. Smith K-8 School
Glendale Union High School District	Sunnyslope High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Vista Verde Middle School
Dysart Unified District	Dysart High School
Glendale Union High School District	Washington High School
Glendale Union High School District	Independence High School
Kyrene Elementary District	Altadena Middle School
Phoenix Elementary District	Augustus H. Shaw Jr. Elementary School
Tucson Unified District	Santa Rita High School
Deer Valley Unified District	Paseo Hills K-8 School
Mayer Unified School District	Mayer High School/Mayer Junior High School
Chandler Unified District	Andersen Junior High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Echo Mountain Intermediate School/Echo Mountain Primary School
Cartwright Elementary District	C.W. Harris Elementary School/Cartwright Elementary School
Phoenix Elementary District	John G. Whittier Elementary School
Mesa Unified District	Carson Junior High/Rhodes Junior High School
Phoenix Elementary District	Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School
Phoenix Elementary District	Garfield Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	Metro Tech High School
Tempe Union High School District	Coronoa del Sol High School
Tempe Union High School District	Mountain Pointe High School
Tempe Union High School District	Desert Vista High School
Tucson Unified District	Utterback Magnet Middle School
Marana Unified District	Marana High School
Tucson Unified District	Booth-Fickett K-8 School
Cartwright Elementary District	Glenn L. Downs Elementary School/Frank Borman Elementary School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Paradise Valley High School
Phoenix Elementary District	Capitol Elementary School
Tolleson Union High School District	La Joya Community High School
Alhambra Elementary District	R. E. Simpson Middle School
Glendale Union High School District	Greenway High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Campo Bello Elementary/Aire Libre Elementary School
Tucson Unified District	Cholla High Magnet School
Bisbee Unified District	Bisbee High School/Lowell Junior High
Mesa Unified District	Mountain View High School
Phoenix Union High School District	Maryvale High School
Mesa Unified District	Fremont Junior High School/Shepherd Junior High School
Creighton Elementary District	William T. Machan Elementary School
Mesa Unified District	Red Mountain High School
Colorado River Union High School District	River Valley High School
Kyrene Elementary District	Akimel A-al Middle School
Phoenix Elementary District	Lowell Elementary School
Fort Thomas Unified District	Fort Thomas High School/Fort Thomas Elementary School
Mesa Unified District	Kino Junior high School
Tempe Union High School District	McClintock High School
Osborn Elementary District	Osborn Middle School
Tucson Unified District	Catalina Magnet High School
Creighton Elementary District	Gateway Elementary School
Amphitheater Unified District	Amphitheater High School
Creighton Elementary District	Papago Elementary School
Alhambra Elementary District	Sevilla West Middle School/ Sevilla Primary School
Kingman Unified School District	Kingman High School
Nogales Unified District	Nogales High School
Osborn Elementary District	Solano Elementary School
Tucson Unified District	Tucson High Magnet School
Amphitheater Unified District	Canyon Del Oro High School
Humboldt Unified District	Bradshaw Mountain High School
Isaac Elementary District	Isaac Middle School
Young Elementary District	Young Elementary School/Young High School
Paradise Valley Unified District	North Canyon High School
Parker Unified School District	Wallace Elementary School/Wallace Junior High School
Prescott Unified District	Prescott High School
Gadsden Elementary District	Southwest Junior High School
Gadsden Elementary District	San Luis Middle School
Phoenix Union High School District	Trevor Browne High School
Amphitheater Unified District	Ironwood Ridge High School
Mesa Unified District	Taylor Junior High School/Franklin Junior High & Elementary School
Alhambra Elementary District	Barcelona Middle School
Tempe School District	Fees College Preparatory Middle School
Tolleson Elementary District	Porfirio H. Gonzales Elementary School/Arizona Desert Elementary School
Sunnyside Unified District	Apollo Middle School
Sunnyside Unified District	Challenger Middle School
Sunnyside Unified District	Desert View High School
Sunnyside Unified District	Sunnyside High School
Liberty Elementary District	Rainbow Valley Elementary School
Tucson Unified District	Rincon High School
Creighton Elementary District	Loma Linda Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	Camelback High School
Liberty Elementary District	Liberty Elementary School
Mesa Unified District	Skyline High School
Osborn Elementary District	Long View Elementary School
Osborn Elementary District	Clarendon Elementary School/Encanto Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	Cesar Chavez High School
Isaac Elementary District	Pueblo Del Sol K-8 School
Wilson Elementary District	Wilson Elementary School
Paradise Valley Unified District	Greenway Middle School
Fowler Elementary District	Santa Maria Middle School
Isaac Elementary District	Morris K Udall Middle School
Paradise Valley Unified District	North Ranch Elementary School/Desert Springs Preparatory School
Phoenix Union High School District	Alhambra High School
Phoenix Union High School District	North High School
Payson Unified District	Payson High School
Phoenix Union High School District	Central High School
Glendale Union High School District	Cortez High School
Washington Elementary School District	Cholla Middle School
Gilbert Unified School District	Desert Ridge High School
Washington Elementary School District	Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School District	Mountain Sky Junior High School
Mesa Unified District	Poston Junior High School
Nogales Unified District	Wade Carpenter Middle School
Wade Carpenter Middle School
Wade Carpenter Middle School
Phoenix Union High School District	Betty Fairfax High School
Tempe School District	Gililland Middle School
Washington Elementary School District	Mountain View Elementary School
Buckeye Elementary District	Sundance Elementary School
Washington Elementary School District	Maryland Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	South Mountain High School
Washington Elementary School District	Desert Foothills Junior High School
Chandler Unified District	Hill Learning Academy Junior High and High School
Gilbert Unified School District	Desert Ridge Junior High School
Washington Elementary School District	Royal Palm Middle School
Washington Elementary School District	Palo Verde Middle School
Alhambra Elementary District	Cordova Middle School
Buckeye Elementary District	Bales Elementary School
Buckeye Elementary District	Steven R Jasinski Elementary School
Humboldt Unified District	Bradshaw Mountain Middle School/Glassford Hill Middle School
Alhambra Elementary District	Andalucia Middle School
Success School	Arizona Charter Academy
Alhambra Elementary District	Granada East Middle School/Granada Primary School
Fowler Elementary District	Western Valley Middle School
Glendale Union High School District	Thunderbird High School
Mary C. O’Brien Accommodation District	Villa Oasis Interscholastic Center for Education
Camp Verde Unified District	Camp Verde Middle School
Winslow Unified District	Winslow High School
Gilbert Unified School District	Highland Junior High School
Superior Unified School District	Superior Junior High/Sr High School
Buckeye Elementary District	Buckeye Elementary School
Phoenix Union High School District	Bostrom High School
Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District	Cottonwood Middle School
Winslow Unified District	Winslow Jr. High School
Gilbert Unified School District	Canyon Valley Junior High & High School
Mingus Union High School District	Mingus Union High School
Alhambra Elementary District	Catalina Ventura Elementary School
Isaac Elementary District	Joseph Zito Elementary School
Alhambra Elementary District	Montebello Elementary School
Holbrook Unified District	Indian Wells Elementary School
Liberty Elementary District	Freedom Elementary School