{"id":1084613,"date":"2021-12-04T18:28:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084613"},"modified":"2021-12-04T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T23:28:45","slug":"florida-school-boards-association-cuts-ties-with-nsba-following-letter-targeting-parents-as-domestic-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-school-boards-association-cuts-ties-with-nsba-following-letter-targeting-parents-as-domestic-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida School Boards Association Cuts Ties with NSBA Following Letter Targeting Parents as \u2018Domestic Terrorists\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-school-boards-association-cuts-ties-with-nsba-following-letter-targeting-parents-as-domestic-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-944043026-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Florida Schools Boards Association (FSBA) voted unanimously this week to end its association with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) as of December 1.<\/p>\n<p>FSBA <a href=\"https:\/\/fsba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FSBA-statement-on-NSBA-membership.pdf\">said<\/a> in a statement it did not submit its dues payment to NSBA for the 2020-2021 year after a reassessment of the value of continuing its relationship with the national group amid \u201cconcerns surrounding NSBA\u2019s governance, leadership, transparency, and failure to embrace non-partisanship.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.507374631268\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">During the FSBA Board of Directors meeting on 11\/30, the board voted unanimously to officially allow its membership in the NSBA to lapse. This means that as of December 1, 2021, FSBA is no longer a member of NSBA.<br \/>Learn more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrMLfFVJvs\">https:\/\/t.co\/NrMLfFVJvs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QZm9Wr7yPw\">pic.twitter.com\/QZm9Wr7yPw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FLSchoolBoardsAssoc (@FLSchoolBoards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLSchoolBoards\/status\/1466513858898665476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Florida organization said its decision to cut ties with NSBA \u201cwas made in response to a persistent pattern of dysfunction\u201d with the national organization and among its leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tweeted his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/desantis-we-will-not-let-officials-intimidate-parents-in-florida-parents-should-speak-out\/\">support<\/a> for the decision:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.399317406143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am glad the Florida School Boards Association unanimously voted to leave the National School Boards Association, and I hope more school boards across the country will follow suit instead of supporting their partisan and dangerous policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1466524919873912835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am glad the Florida School Boards Association unanimously voted to leave the National School Boards Association, and I hope more school boards across the country will follow suit instead of supporting their partisan and dangerous policies,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes in the wake of NSBA\u2019s highly controversial letter to President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/03\/school-board-group-asks-bidens-help-anti-crt-domestic-terrorist-parents\/\">asking<\/a> him to mobilize federal law enforcement to investigate parents expressing concern about education issues as potential \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to grassroots parents\u2019 organization Parents Defending Education (PDE), 17 states have now severed ties with NSBA:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.470588235294\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Georgia and Tennessee make 17 states that have severed ties with the National School Boards Association. <\/p>\n<p>Our tracker of the 27 states that have denounced the NSBA letter and 17 states that have left the org is updated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkv6yVMbSl\">https:\/\/t.co\/kkv6yVMbSl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parents Defending Education (@DefendingEd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefendingEd\/status\/1466767454986776576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>During FSBA\u2019s annual Joint Conference and Board of Directors\u2019 Meeting Tuesday, Dr. Steve Gallon III, vice chairman of Miami Dade Public Schools, <a href=\"https:\/\/spacecoastdaily.com\/2021\/11\/breaking-florida-school-boards-association-officially-withdraws-from-national-school-boards-association\/\">discussed<\/a> that NSBA\u2019s lack of transparency and accountability has caused him to recommend cutting ties with the organization, reported <em>Space Coast Daily<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Brevard County School Board Member Matt Susin, chair of FSBA\u2019s Advocacy Committee, said the state organization has had concerns NSBA has not responded to its letter containing a list of demands:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>For years, we have requested a change in culture and direction from the NSBA and instead of working to improve, the organization has chosen a path of continued degradation and lack of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for Florida to take a role in shaping a new direction for school boards on the national stage with leadership values that are more in line with improving the future of public education.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.357541899441\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The conservative movement has united behind a new education agenda: stop critical race theory in schools, provide curriculum transparency for parents, and give families the freedom to choose their own destiny.<\/p>\n<p>This is the way forward for education policy in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkPynj5nq4\">pic.twitter.com\/jkPynj5nq4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1466486247229120527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FSBA had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/13\/florida-school-boards-association-rejects-fbi-intervention-at-local-board-meetings\/\">rejected<\/a> the national organization\u2019s letter to Biden requesting FBI involvement in local school board issues.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Executive Director Andrea Messina&nbsp;wrote&nbsp;to NSBA President Viola Garcia and interim Executive Director Chip Slaven of the state association\u2019s concern it was not consulted about the letter to the president, a situation that, she said, suggested the need for \u201ca review of NSBA leadership and its processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Two weeks after NSBA sent its letter to Biden, the Education Department&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/five-board-members-appointed-board-overseeing-nations-report-card\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;October 13 it had appointed Garcia to the National Assessment Governing Board, a top position that provides oversight regarding which subjects students will be tested on in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation\u2019s Report Card.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9763313609467\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Old and busted: The War on Terror<br \/>New hotness: The War on Citizens Who Dissent from the Regime <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pWmMLgINw\">https:\/\/t.co\/4pWmMLgINw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1445070545666641940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In emails obtained via a public records request, PDE discovered the White House was already \u201cactively engaged\u201d with NSBA\u2019s Garcia and Slaven prior to the group\u2019s letter to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In an internal memo, Garcia informed state association executive directors that a meeting had taken place with the White House on September 14, two weeks before the NSBA officials sent their letter to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNSBA has been actively engaged with the White House, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Surgeon General, and other federal agencies,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7222222222222\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Education Sec. Won&#8217;t Say Parents are &#8220;Primary&#8221; Stakeholders in Children&#8217;s Education <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWLlXh6MGx\">pic.twitter.com\/SWLlXh6MGx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1444035005546631169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On October 4, Garland\u2019s office&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-addresses-violent-threats-against-school-officials-and-teachers\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ag\/page\/file\/1438986\/download\">memorandum<\/a>&nbsp;would be widely shared throughout the Department of Justice that Garland was ordering all U.S. Attorney Offices and local FBI offices to reach out to local and state law enforcement officials to coordinate efforts on the \u201cdisturbing trend\u201d of threats by parents as described by NSBA within 30 days of the memorandum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Schools Boards Association (FSBA) voted unanimously this week to end its association with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) as of December 1. 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