The Biden administration gave a prominent government role to the author of a controversial letter calling on the Department of Justice to investigate protesting parents as terrorists.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona appointed National School Board Association president Viola Garcia to the National Assessment Governing Board mere days after she released the letter, for which the group later apologized.
Emails from the organization showed it coordinated with the White House on the release of the letter which resulted in the formation of an FBI-DOJ task force charged with investigating alleged domestic terrorist threats against school board representatives.
DOJ TALKED WITH WHITE HOUSE BEFORE ISSUING ‘DOMESTIC TERRORISM’ SCHOOL PROTEST MEMO
Garcia’s appointment to the board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, came two days after the association’s letter was sent to the DOJ on Sept. 29 and generated nationwide controversy and just before Attorney General Merrick Garland set up the task force on Oct. 4.
The governing board comprises 26 bipartisan members and is tasked with establishing the nation’s report card criteria, including selecting the assessed subjects and assessment content, as well as setting achievement levels for student performance.
The education department press release makes no mention of Garcia’s post as the president of the association, referring to her only as “a local school board member.”
In a congressional hearing last week, Garland acknowledged that the letter was behind the task force’s creation and defended the White House’s referral of the letter to the DOJ, calling it “appropriate.”
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The association apologized for the letter Friday, following significant public backlash and increased attention following Garland’s testimony.
