MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Elected officials, educators, and community members held a conference in front of the Memphis-Shelby County School Board to speak out against HB 0662 and its impact on local schools on Monday morning.
HB 0662 is proposed legislation that would give control of MSCS to the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee Public School Accountability Act gives the state unprecedented authority to take over up to 40 LEAs, bypassing democratically elected school boards and opening the path for expanded charter school development…