Senate Republican Group Calls on State School Boards Association to Denounce National Letter

Senator Julie Daniels is leading a dozen Republican Senators in a call to Oklahoma State School Boards Association to denounce a letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to President Biden. The letter contends local school boards across the country have been threatened with acts of violence and declares that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not being taught in the public school system. The group of Republican Senators want Oklahoma State School Boards Association Executive Director Shawn Hime to denounce the letter.

Daniels doesn’t believe the threats of violence are real.

“None of us sanction acts of violence or threats against anyone,” Daniels said. “However, the examples given in the letter sent to the president mostly refer to contentious, tense, disorderly or disruptive school board meetings. NSBA wants frustration, anger and opposition to be labeled as ‘domestic terrorism’ and ‘hate crimes.’ While there have been reports of contentious school board meetings in Oklahoma, surely our school board members don’t support the call for draconian, federal actions to silence parents, patrons and taxpayers who finance public education.”

Daniels calls CRT a dangerous theory.

“I’m proud our state leaders took steps during the last legislative session to ban the teaching of core principles of Critical Race Theory through House Bill 1775,” Daniels said. “The evidence many legislators have seen just in our state alone proves that principles of this dangerous concept are being discussed in some classrooms. Again, the NSBA is out of touch with what is happening across the nation, and simply wants to silence those who disagree with their philosophies.”

The letter was signed by Daniels, Senator Micheal Bergstrom, Senator George Burns, Senator David Bullard, Senator Nathan Dahm, Senator Kim David, Senator Warren Hamilton, Senator Shane Jett, Senator Jake Merrick, Senator Casey Murdock, Senator Marty Quinn, Senator Frank Simpson, Senator Rob Standridge.


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  1. sky, 05 October, 2021

    Hmmm…news reports on TV show parents with veins bulgiing, pointing fingers in member’s faces, saying “I know where you live”…”I’m coming after you”. Must be fake news!

  2. castor, 06 October, 2021

    There have been a few emotionally fraught events in other states. Understandably, parents do get a little upset when they think school boards aren’t listening to them, and I can’t say that I blame them.

    But all of this can be adequately handled with local law enforcement. Bringing in the FBI is entirely out of bounds. I appreciate this effort to push back against the NSBA.

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