GOP lawmakers launch state ‘intervention’ of Memphis-Shelby County Schools

State Republican lawmakers are launching an “intervention” of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district following the release of a 329-page interim forensic audit detailing “systemic problems.”

Republican House and Senate leadership formally announced their plans Wednesday in a press conference with Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower, whose office received the report from CliftonLarsonAllen LLP following a three-year investigation, which ran from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2024.

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Democratic Rep. Torrey Harris, House Minority Leader Karen Camper and Senate Minority Leader Raumesh Akbari observe a Republican press conference in the Capitol's Old Supreme Court Chambers, April 1, 2026
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