This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters If Tennessee Republicans move forward to impose a state-backed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County schools, the district’s hands may be tied from challenging the state intervention’s legitimacy in court. Tennessee school districts would be blocked from using their budgets to pay for […]

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