The bill passed in committee along party lines, with Lamar and Sen. Jeff Yarbro, a Democrat from Nashville, being the sole no ...

Also, "Save Our Schools" is back with town halls which aim to educate the public on the proposed state takeover of MSCS. Here ...

A bill that could put Memphis-Shelby County Schools under state control is advancing in the Tennessee legislature.

The legislation outlines how elected board members could be removed and replaced, and calls for prior review of large ...

As MSCS considers a long-term plan to close, consolidate and build schools, district officials have set a deadline for the ...

An 8-year-old was injured by another student at a Memphis Shelby County School on Wednesday morning, the Memphis Police Department said.

The Tennessee bill that would allow the state to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools passed another House committee on Thursday. House Bill 662 passed the Finance, Ways, ...

Lawmakers will have to propose a new budget that accounts for the board that, under the bill, could oversee MSCS for four ...

Rep. White and Senator Brent Taylor are still working to come up with a unified version of their intervention bills. If they succeed in aligning their versions by Monday, and both bodies pass them, ...

“If we can’t figure out a way to retain that money, then we have to go into our fund balance," said Natalie McKinney, an MSCS ...

Slightly different plans for managing MSCS School Board are being hashed out, though optics concern analyst Otis Sanford.

The Tennessee House and Senate versions of bills that would prompt a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools were placed "behind the budget" in the Finance, Ways and Means committees.