Montgomery County lawmakers want to revive a program that has been dramatically slashed over the last decade that assigns police officers to patrol public schools. But County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin, D-Silver Spring, says she’ll hear none of it until Montgomery County Public Schools agrees to share in the burden of funding the School Resource Officer Program — and the schools say they have no business hiring or evaluating police officers.

The county funds six police officers to spend time at its 25 high schools and select middle schools. In rosier budget times, the program maintained 32 officers.

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