Obama Let 1 Billion Dollars in School Security Funds Lapse Before Sandy Hook Mass Shooting
Alex Marin in Business, Budget 2 days ago
Obama Let 1 Billion Dollars in School Security Funds Lapse Before Sandy Hook Mass Shooting
President Obama sobbed on live television while trying to soothe the nation in the wake of the horrific Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
However, according to The Washington Guardian, both the president and Congress "quietly" let federal funding for school security programs lapse — out of budget concerns.
According to the Guardian, two Justice Department programs that provided more than $200 million to schools for training, security equipment and police resources over the last decade weren't renewed in 2011 and 2012.
In addition, a program that provided $800 million to put police officers inside schools was ended a few years earlier; and funding for an Education Department program to prepare schools for mass tragedies was also terminated.
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