Obama administration, Congress quietly let school security funds lapse
Submitted by: Donald Hank
Before Connecticut tragedy, Obama's administration eliminated emergency preparedness program, let school violence prevention programs lapse
Why It Matters:
Politicians across the country are vowing to do more to prevent school shooting tragedies like the one that unfolded Friday in Newtown, Conn. But over the last few years, the Obama administration and Congress allowed funding for several school safety initiatives to lapse.
Beneath the expressions of grief, sorrow and disbelief over the Connecticut school massacre lies an uneasy truth in Washington: over the last few years the Obama administration and Congress quietly let federal funding for several key school security programs lapse in the name of budget savings. (but could NOT even pass a budget as mandated by law)
