{"id":20619,"date":"2013-11-12T07:44:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T12:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=20619"},"modified":"2013-11-12T07:54:40","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T12:54:40","slug":"broward-county-school-board-signs-agreement-aimed-at-reducing-on-campus-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/11\/12\/broward-county-school-board-signs-agreement-aimed-at-reducing-on-campus-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward County School Board Signs Agreement Aimed At Reducing On-Campus Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20620\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"The Broward County Public School Board aims to decrease the rate of arrests in public schools.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/11\/school-arrests-Rachel-Morello.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20620\" alt=\"The Broward County Public School Board aims to decrease the rate of arrests in public schools.\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/11\/school-arrests-Rachel-Morello-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/11\/school-arrests-Rachel-Morello-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2013\/11\/school-arrests-Rachel-Morello.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Rachel Morello \/ WLRN<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Broward County Public School Board aims to decrease the rate of arrests in public schools.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the Broward County-Fort Lauderdale NAACP, Juvenile Judicial Circuit, Public Defender\u2019s office and County Sheriff\u2019s office, among others, signed the agreement with school board members in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie says the new procedures are a common- sense approach that will give students the benefit of the doubt.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that children fail. I believe that we fail to give them the opportunities to succeed,\u201d Runcie said. \u201cThis is one of the proudest days to see the heart and soul of Broward County come out and create an environment for all of our students to have a chance at the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2012-2013 school year, Broward County had the highest number of school- related arrests in the state of Florida. The Fort Lauderdale-Broward County NAACP says black children in Broward County have been suspended, arrested and expelled at two-and-a-half times the rate of their white counterparts for the same infractions.<\/p>\n<p>According to NAACP Criminal Justice Director Dr. Niaz Kasravi, this type of racial disparity causes issues outside school walls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same problem of racial profiling that we see happening with the stop-and-frisk abuses, the same problem that led to the death of Trayvon Martin,\u201d Kasravi said. \u201cIt is time that we break this vicious cycle, and we focus on investing in our student\u2019s education, versus investing in incarcerating them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This historic effort to close the schoolhouse-to-jailhouse pipeline relies on school initiatives such as Broward County\u2019s new PROMISE (Preventing Recidivism through Opportunities, Mentoring, Interventions, Support and Education) program.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative emphasizes intervention and prevention to help students make better choices the second time around.<\/p>\n<p>The terms of the collaborative agreement go into effect immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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