Kelsey, White carrying state charter commission bill as pushback begins
Two Shelby County lawmakers are sponsoring legislation creating a state commission with authority to approve charter schools without the operators going through a local school board.
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Antonio Parkinson Brian Kelsey Jim Wrye Mark WhiteSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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