Proposed legislation could relegate the Memphis-Shelby County School Board and others to an “advisory capacity”
The legislation, referred to as the Tennessee Public School Accountability Act, would allow the commissioner of the Department of Education to recommend the governor, speaker of the house, and lieutenant governor to create a board of managers over specific school districts.
Organization formed to oppose state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools says district problems are better solved locally
Thursday the group held one of it’s first community discussions involving panelists who acknowledged the critical issues within the district but believe these problems can be better solved at the local level.