(FOX40.COM) -- If you're a Natomas parent, security at your child's school will soon look a lot different. Natomas Unified School District confirmed — starting in January — schools will no longer have school resource officers monitoring campuses.

The school district clarified that safety positions are not going away. Schools will still have people assigned to monitor and protect students on campus, this just won't be through the Sacramento Police Department anymore.

School safety has been a hot topic on the local and national scales for years. The California School Boards Association, or CSBA, reported 226 school shootings in California since 1970. According to the CSBA, in 2022, about 46% of traditional public schools had school resource officers, SRO's, as a primary form of protection.

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