Vague school rules at the root of millions of student suspensions

Way down at the end of the article, they finally get to the heart of the problem:

And even before 2020, educators nationwide were warning that they lacked the appropriate mental health and social service supports to adequately deal with behavior challenges.

In the late 00's, there was a push to address some of this and school districts were hiring and building out counseling services. Then 2008 hit, the economy cratered and the first thing cut was those same services. An entire generation of students missed out on what could have been much better mental health and social services, because of big banks gambling. But hey, at least we saved those big banks from their own hubris and mistakes, right?