WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today commended the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA) Board of Directors for voting to terminate its membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The decision comes after the NSBA sent a letter with inflammatory language to the Biden Administration requesting federal agencies intervene in local communities against parents.

“I commend the Mississippi School Boards Association for their sensible and measured approach to this issue. They are standing up for Mississippi parents. Recent attempts by the Biden Administration and the National School Boards Association to silence dissent should be met with a forceful rebuke.

“Parents have a basic right to shape the education of their children, and they are right to be upset by the divisive ideas and harmful policies being implemented in many classrooms across our country. I hope the Mississippi School Boards Association will continue to stand for parents, students, and the future of our education system.”

Wicker has been a vocal opponent of the Biden Administration’s recent actions to weaponize the Justice Department to intimidate and silence parents who speak out to protect their children. Wicker joined a resolution supporting parents’ right to be involved in the education of their children.