Memphis schools spared from proposed county budget cuts
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announces a state of emergency for the county due to the COVID-19 virus during a daily update press briefing at the Shelby County Emergency Management and Homeland Security office on March 19, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Mayor Lee Harris recommended maintaining the $427 million the county allocated this year for the operating budgets for all seven of Shelby County’s school systems.
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