Opinion No.

Mr. Bob Bodenhamer, Chairman Baxter County Election Commission Baxter County Courthouse One East 7th Street, Suite 103 Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653

Dear Chairman Bodenhamer:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the eligibility of school "resource officers" to hold the office of school board member in the school district in which they work. Specifically, you describe the school resource officers in question as being "actual employees of the Mountain Home City Police Department. . . ." You also note, however, that the "school system contributes $5,833 to each officer's…