School boards
State and federal grants aren’t keeping up with the costs of the special education pre-K classrooms Tennessee districts are required to fund.
Four Democrats elected to Memphis-Shelby County school board in first partisan election
Early voters begin casting their ballots Friday to elect two new members to MSCS board seats. But it’s unclear how much power those elected candidates will have.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Memphis schools takeover after officials argued it could delay important decisions on purchases like HVAC repairs.
The lawsuit challenges a new Tennessee law that establishes an oversight board to take control away from the locally elected school board.
The Memphis oversight board will take over district controls from the elected school board beginning July 1.
The nine-person board will now seize significant authority from the locally elected school board.
Though Tennessee law bans religious charter schools, state officials have left the Knox County Board of Education on its own to defend the policy. The legal battle signals major changes may be on the horizon for Tennessee’s charter landscape.
Recent school takeovers in Texas, often heralded by Tennessee Republicans, resulted in multiple school shutdowns. And a former MSCS superintendent appointed to MSCS’ oversight board made closures a lynchpin of his tenure.
SCORE CEO David Mansouri will be the only takeover board member who isn’t a Shelby County resident.
The nine appointees will have control over key MSCS decisions, including the budget and school leadership, for four years.
The governor announced his five appointees for the Memphis schools oversight board hours after signing the measure into law.
Tennessee’s top three Republican leaders can now appoint a new oversight board with sweeping authority over the state’s largest school district.
Tennessee’s supermajority wants to seize the city’s congressional seat amid a looming schools takeover.
Tennessee Republicans finalized legislation today to install a politically appointed oversight board with sweeping authority over the state’s largest school district.
Top Tennessee Republicans are expected to finalize their takeover legislation this week. That would create a state-appointed oversight board with broad authority over district financial and operational decisions.
A Memphis schools takeover push would install a politically appointed oversight board to seize major financial controls from the elected school board.
Five candidates are vying for the District 6 school board seat in the May 5 Democratic primary. The winner will face a sixth candidate, a longtime local pastor running as an independent, in August’s general election.
In October 2006, the candidate pleaded guilty to a single count of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine after helping federal prosecutors build a case against another Memphis cop.
Fifteen Democratic candidates are seeking one of four open board seats. Here’s what you need to know about them.