Chalkbeat

Education news. In context.

Explore:

Chalkbeat

Shelby County Commission

shot down

Tennessee
July 12, 2017

Boys & Girls Clubs unlikely to open soon in Memphis schools as SCS funding plan collapses

County commissioners balk at Shelby County Schools' request for $1.6 million to open clubs inside of three schools.

Home stretch

Tennessee
June 29, 2016

Memphis schools get budget win as county approves $22 million more for Tennessee’s largest district

Shelby County Schools gets most of what leaders wanted from county government, ending a month-long tug-of-war over funding.

Funding flexibility

Tennessee
June 9, 2016

Board presses Shelby County for wheel tax autonomy for Memphis schools

Seeking to balance its budget, the school board asks the County Commission to give the district greater flexibility in spending wheel tax revenue for education.

Down to the details

Tennessee
May 11, 2016

Flurry of budget changes would raise salaries, change benefits for Memphis teachers

The school board for Shelby County Schools will vote next week on a $954 million proposed budget for Tennessee's largest school district.

Painful plan

Tennessee
April 6, 2016

Hopson: Proposed budget cuts to Memphis schools could reverse years of improvements

More than $50 million in proposed cuts would impact staffing and programs including special education, the Innovation Zone and CLUE within Shelby County Schools.

Five things

Tennessee
April 5, 2016

Budget cuts loom for Shelby County Schools, again — here’s what we know

As Superintendent Dorsey Hopson prepares to unveil his proposed budget for Tennessee's largest school district, here are five things to know.

Game on

Tennessee
April 4, 2016

Citing ‘dire’ budget situation for Shelby County Schools, Hopson rallies employees for funding

As budget season kicks off for Memphis schools, Superintendent Dorsey Hopson urges employees to advocate for increased funding from county and state governments.

OPEB liability

Tennessee
January 6, 2016

Memphis City Schools retiree benefits up in the air following state attorney general’s opinion

Retired employees face uncertainty over which entity is responsible for paying for their benefits after the state attorney general said it's not Shelby County.
Tennessee
July 21, 2014

County Commission approves $3 million to expand pre-K

The Shelby County Commission will give $3 million to the Shelby County Education Foundation to expand prekindergarten this year, according to local…
Tennessee
June 18, 2014

Pre-K advocates pursue small strategies toward big goal

A coalition of pre-K advocates are moving forward with a collection of small strategies that they hope will, collectively, result in every child being prepared to start kindergarten.Although they’ve stopped short of calling it a full-on strategy, they are now pursuing several possible ways forward, including identify new funding, raising standards for daycare centers, and even returning to voters to ask for more funding.
Tennessee
June 3, 2014

Commission votes down pre-K proposal

The Shelby County Commission voted down a proposal to fund pre-K classrooms Monday. Commissioner Steve Mulroy wanted $2.8 million to restore funding for 26 pre-K…