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The Broward County Public School Board aims to decrease the rate of arrests in public schools.

The Broward County School board teamed up with a group of community partners this month to sign a collaborative agreement on school discipline. The agreement, first of its kind, establishes new guidelines for handling non-violent misdemeanor offenses on school campuses, outlining when law enforcement is necessary and when problems can be handled through school resources.

Representatives from the Broward County-Fort Lauderdale NAACP, Juvenile Judicial Circuit, Public Defender’s office and County Sheriff’s office, among others, signed the agreement with school board members in Fort Lauderdale.

Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie says the new procedures are a common- sense approach that will give students the benefit of the doubt. Continue Reading →