From what I read on another thread**, it was an Obama Program called PROMISE that gave federal funding to school systems for keeping minority students involved in various “transgressions” away from law enforcement and out of the courts.
Absolutely it was GOVERNMENT WHO FAILED AT MANY LEVELS—SO WHY WOULD ANYONE BE ADVOCATING FOR MORE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT???
After the 2016 signing, it was announced a couple of weeks later on October 18,Broward County Public Schools was the only large urban district in the country to receive a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education totaling $53,808,909.
**http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3636095/posts
How federal funding kept Nikolas Cruz from getting arrested and unable to purchase firearms
Yes, that program was the main cause. But, there were offences away from school they ignored too.
The Sheriff was trying to keep the title of America’s safest town so he apparently expanded the area of the program to the whole town.