MSCS board considers charter schools, audit response as state buttons up takeover law
Tennessee’s top two legislative leaders and Gov. Bill Lee (pictured) will make appointments to school oversight board, but all three still need to sign the takeover bill into law. (George Walker IV/AP file)
The charter school and contract decisions before Memphis school board members Tuesday, April 28, could soon be up to state appointees. State leaders have yet to announce selections to the new oversight board that Memphis-Shelby County Schools plans to challenge in court.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Tennessee General AssemblyLaura 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. Reach Laura with questions, story ideas or tips: Ltestino@dailymemphian.com or Ldtestino.54 on Signal.
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