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A state-appointed committee with wide-ranging control over Memphis Shelby County Schools would have contracting authority over the district’s $2 billion budget and could have a member from outside Shelby County, under a report adopted Monday. A House-Senate panel of eight Republicans and two Democrats adopted a plan requiring a state “takeover” of school districts statewide […]
Despite constitutional questions, the Tennessee House passed legislation Wednesday giving the state attorney general power to audit and seek removal of the Shelby County district attorney for refusing to prosecute crimes. The Republican-controlled House voted 71-23, along party lines, to target the district attorney general in the 30th Judicial District, in this case DA Steve […]
Tennessee Republicans plan three-way split of Shelby County districts A Tennessee congressional map redrawn by Republicans with direction from the White House cuts Shelby County into three districts designed to give the GOP complete control over the state and consolidate power in Williamson County. Notably, Memphis would be drawn into the same districts as affluent Williamson in Middle Tennessee, home of Gov. Bill Lee, […]
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The Memphis-Shelby County school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire a lawyer to challenge the state takeover legislation Tennessee Republicans finalized yesterday.
Tennessee’s legislature is considering a massive expansion of the state’s first private-school voucher program for low-income students, only a week after bolstering a separate voucher system available to all students. The move could dramatically expand the Education Savings Account program, which has only about 4,800 students enrolled in Metro Nashville, Memphis Shelby County and Hamilton […]