County Commission to vote on putting all MSCS seats on ballot
The move would shorten the four-year terms of office of five Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members elected in 2024. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The ordinance is possible because of a state law passed in the Tennessee Legislature this year that enabled local legislative bodies to do that in Shelby and Knox counties.
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