State MSCS audit would look for irregularities that need ‘legal action’
Tennessee House of Representatives Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, presides over the House during a legislative session on April 18, 2024, in Nashville. (George Walker IV/AP file)
A bill proposing state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is expected to include a state-funded forensic audit of Tennessee’s largest school system.
Early research suggests such an audit could cost more than $2 million depending on its scope, according to a spokesperson for the Tennessee comptroller of the treasury.
The measure is the latest in a flurry of efforts from local and state officials to force greater accountability of the school district and its board members in the wake of their ouster of Superintendent Marie Feagins after less than 10 months on the job. Frustrated by the process, some Memphians have petitioned their elected representatives to intervene.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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