Posted on 02/24/2018 8:41:36 AM PST by AJFavish
In Florida, one of the nation's largest school districts has overhauled its discipline policies with a single purpose in mind to reduce the number of children going into the juvenile justice system.
It's a move away from so-called "zero tolerance" policies that require schools to refer even minor misdemeanors to the police. Critics call it a "school to prison pipeline."
Civil rights and education activists say the policy can be a model for the nation.
Under a new program adopted by the Broward County School District, non-violent misdemeanors even those that involve alcohol, marijuana or drug paraphernalia will now be handled by the schools instead of the police.
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The school should have called the resource officer to arrest him rather than transfer him to another school. But Broward no longer hass students arrested because they want to protect minorities.
“Beginning in 2013, Broward stopped referring students to police for about a dozen infractions ranging from alcohol and drug use to bullying, harassment and assault. Instead, students who get in trouble for those infractions are offered an alternative program that emphasizes counseling, conflict resolution skills and referral to community social service agencies.”
Authority or not, the cops can’t arrest people whose crimes aren’t reported to them. By mutual agreement, the school wasn’t reporting crimes committed on campus.
How many times did the cops respond to the Cruz residence over the years? Don’t worry- everybody will be sued equally.
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