‘Unprecedented’ MSCS forensic audit report expected this spring
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Findings from a state-funded forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools could become public as lawmakers vote on legislation that calls for a takeover of Tennessee’s largest school system.
Shelby County Republican lawmakers sponsoring the bill, Rep. Mark White and Sen. Brent Taylor, have said the in-progress audit shows “unprecedented” disorganization at the school district. Both have used early, non-specific results to underscore their push for a state-appointed board to take control of MSCS budget decisions.
White and Taylor are among a small group of other Tennessee lawmakers who became privy to preliminary information about the audit during a status meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 4. A few months into the audit that began in August, lawmakers requested to have an update in the new year, White said.
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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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