The country's largest school board association apologized late Friday for its letter to President Joe Biden calling on the FBI to investigate parents as potential domestic terrorists.
The National School Board Association said in a memo to its members that "there was no justification" for some of the language in the letter, which was sent to Biden on Sept. 29. "On behalf of NSBA, we regret and apologize for the letter," the association said.
The apology comes after the Free Beacon reported Thursday that officials with the association collaborated with the White House in the weeks leading up to the controversial letter.
Emails obtained by watchdog group Parents Defending Education show the White House asked the association to list examples of parents who had engaged in violence at local school board meetings across the country. In its letter, the association cited several examples of violent outbursts at school board meetings, and suggested the acts were domestic terrorism or hate crimes. Five days later, the Justice Department formed a task force of officials from the national security division and civil rights divisions and FBI agents to monitor school board meetings.
