Milwaukee Public Schools have been out of compliance with a state law requiring them to have 25 officers in schools.

MILWAUKEE - There is a fight over which pot of your tax dollars pays for Milwaukee school resource officers (SRO). The public wants to know – and FOX6 News dug into public records. In 2020, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) ended its contract with the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD).

As advocates against police presence in Milwaukee schools continue to speak out, the district is over a year late on a state requirement to add them.

Public Schools has been required to implement a 25-officer school resource officer program. It's not the first time the district has used that type of program.

One Wisconsin lawmaker says the law is clear, and Milwaukee Public Schools are clearly violating it. But it's much less clear whether a Milwaukee judge can force the city’s school district to bring police officers back into school buildings.