Did Lax Obama-Era School-Discipline Policies Enable the Parkland Shooter? Broward County adopted a lenient disciplinary policy similar to those adopted by many other districts under pressure from the Obama administration to reduce racial "disparities" in suspensions and expulsions. . . . In many of these districts, the drive to "get our numbers right" has produced disastrous results, with startling increases in both the number and severity of disciplinary offenses, including assaults and beatings