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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Conservatives point to Obama-era guidelines on school discipline as one reason for school shootings

    President Trump, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and others say schools are less safe because of Obama-era guidelines aimed at reducing suspensions and expulsions of minority students.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 14, 2018 • 1 min read

    President Trump, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and others say schools are less safe because of Obama-era guidelines aimed at reducing suspensions and expulsions of minority students. The argument is that any easing of disciplinary action could let a would-be school shooter evade law enforcement. However, the Parkland shooter was expelled from the school and was white.

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