Should state governments take control of underperforming school districts? That’s the path Tennessee is taking. The General Assembly recently passed House Bill 662/Senate Bill 714, legislation that would allow the creation of a nine-member oversight board with authority to make decisions affecting the operations of local schools.
While the bill could extend to other school districts across the Volunteer State, only Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) meets the legislation’s requirements for state intervention, which include at least four of the following: leadership instability, academic underperformance, D or F school grades, priority school status, chronic absenteeism, and financial mismanagement.
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