MSCS takeover tracker

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One-page directory for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools oversight board. Source-first. Agenda-only items stay labeled agenda-only. Unresolved records are labeled not yet verified or open question, not treated as no action.

record labels used on this page: official reporting agenda-only not yet verified open question dated logs below run newest or most recently updated first.

current legal status takeover paused by temporary restraining order as of July 1, 2026
effective date in law July 1, 2026
last tracker update July 18, 2026
next known watchpoint July 23 response deadline on the dismissal and dissolve motions, followed by the July 24 case management conference and July 27 reply deadline

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  • court status is changing quickly; dates matter

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current status

  • July 1 rollout paused by court order
  • RECAP now has the June 26 amended complaint naming all 9 oversight-board members in their official capacities
  • RECAP now has July 14 defense filings signed by Shannon M. Hoffert, Robert W. Wilson, and Matthew Dowty as counsel for all defendants; the board counsel-engagement / selection record is still not linked
  • RECAP now has the July 1 TRO order directing the parties to maintain the status quo before Public Chapter 1057
  • a July 18 recheck of the official TN July archive still found no July 7 oversight-board notice
  • full board meeting canceled on the state notice page
  • personnel committee still had a July 1 notice and meeting pack
  • BoardDocs posts the July 14 Business Systems Review agenda, the July 21 Work Session agenda, and separate July 21 packets for the Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee and Community Outreach and Engagement Committee
  • Chair McKinney statement is linked on the district board page
  • RECAP now has a July 7 magistrate order setting a July 24 case management conference on limited discovery, briefing, and any target preliminary-injunction hearing date
  • defendants filed a July 14 motion to dismiss the amended complaint and a separate motion to dissolve the July 1 status-quo order; no ruling on either motion is verified here
  • a July 16 court order sets July 23 for plaintiffs' responses to both motions and July 27 for any defense replies; it does not set an injunction hearing date or rule on either motion

movement log

source map

not yet posted / not yet verified

current status

item status record quality source
takeover start the law's full-effect date was July 1, 2026, but a July 1 federal court order directed the parties to maintain the status quo before Public Chapter 1057 while the court considers injunctive relief public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 22, plus same-day official meeting cancellation notice TRO order PDF, Action News 5, Local Memphis, TN meeting notice
July 1 full board meeting canceled official TN meeting notice
July 1 personnel committee official notice and meeting pack were posted for an 8:00 a.m. committee meeting focused on the executive director job description agenda-only official notice and pack posted TN meeting notice, meeting pack PDF
final audit release the Comptroller publicly released the final four-volume MSCS review on July 8, 2026; the public version says sensitive cybersecurity detail was withheld or redacted, and the report lands hardest on governance, procurement, contracting, financial oversight, recordkeeping, and compliance rather than functioning as a districtwide classroom-performance audit official release text and the public PDF support the redaction point; the bureaucracy-versus-classroom distinction is tracker reading from the released report Comptroller July 8 release, final audit PDF
district board July watchpoints BoardDocs posts the July 14 Business Systems Review agenda, a July 21 Work Session agenda, and two separate July 21 committee agendas. The Work Session schedules 25 staff action items, two charter-authorization actions, proposed policies on first reading, and a therapy-services renewal correction. The Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee schedules a 2022 strategic school-fund allocation policy; the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee schedules back-to-school readiness, consolidation communications, and student-recruitment discussions agenda-only official BoardDocs agendas and district event listings; they confirm scheduled discussion and proposed actions, not outcomes. The 3:00 p.m. Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee packet and the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee packet immediately following it replace the district page's generic committee-event label with agenda detail BoardDocs public meeting page, MSCS board page, MSCS district calendar, 2025-2026 board meeting schedule PDF
district board framing an official statement linked on the MSCS board page says state control without investment is disinvestment and frames the takeover fight as a representation, voice, and local self-determination issue official the PDF text is accessible, but no publication date appears in the visible statement text MSCS board page, Chair McKinney statement PDF

board roster

member appointing authority current role source quality source
Tyrone Burroughs Governor Bill Lee member official governor release
Dorsey Hopson Governor Bill Lee member official governor release
Shanea McKinney Governor Bill Lee vice chair reporting appointment is official; current office comes from June 18 reporting governor release, Action News 5 June 18
Nisha Powers Governor Bill Lee secretary reporting appointment is official; current office comes from June 18 reporting governor release, Action News 5 June 18
Beverly Robertson Governor Bill Lee member official governor release
David Mansouri Speaker Cameron Sexton member reporting July 1 report lists Speaker Sexton as nominator; official appointment notice still not located Action News 5 July 1, Action News 5 June 18
Karen Vogelsang Speaker Cameron Sexton member reporting July 1 report lists Speaker Sexton as nominator; official appointment notice still not located Action News 5 July 1, Action News 5 June 18
Billy Orgel Lt. Gov. Randy McNally chair reporting July 1 report lists Lt. Gov. McNally as nominator; official appointment notice still not located Action News 5 July 1, Action News 5 June 18
Dedrick Brittenum Jr. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally member reporting July 1 report lists Lt. Gov. McNally as nominator; official appointment notice still not located Action News 5 July 1, Action News 5 June 18

officers and committee activity

date body movement record quality source
June 18, 2026 full board first meeting; Billy Orgel elected chair, Shanea McKinney vice chair, Nisha Powers secretary reporting meeting notice is official; officer outcome is reported TN meeting notice, Action News 5 June 18
June 26, 2026 executive committee agenda included legal committee report, report to superintendent, executive director discussion, and July 3 meeting agenda agenda-only official notice TN executive committee notice
July 1, 2026 personnel and leadership committee notice and pack posted for review of draft executive director job description agenda-only official notice and pack posted TN committee notice, meeting pack PDF
July 1, 2026 full board state meeting page says the 4:00 p.m. board meeting was canceled official TN cancellation notice

board authority

area what the board can do source quality source
creation trigger board must be created when an LEA meets the five listed criteria and receives written notice from the commissioner official bill summary, fiscal note
membership 9 members total: 5 appointed by the governor, 2 by the house speaker, 2 by the senate speaker official bill summary
term length 3 consecutive years, with a possible 3-year extension if the district still meets the triggers official bill summary
budget control can review and veto the proposed district budget as a whole or by line items before it goes to the local legislative body official bill summary
contracts and purchases can review contracts, purchases, and expenditures worth 50,000 dollars or more; unreviewed contracts are described as unenforceable official bill summary
charter property list reviews and can revise the district list of underutilized or vacant property available to charter schools official bill summary
charter denials district cannot deny certain charter actions unless the oversight board reviews and approves that denial; board can force approval if it disagrees official bill summary
staffing and governance reporting on the bill says the board can approve budgets and contracts, hire and fire teachers, administrators, and the superintendent, open charter schools, and close or consolidate schools reporting summary of the passed bill, not the statute text Action News 5 April 23, Action News 5 May 4

movement log

date movement what changed record quality source
April 22, 2026 legislation passes state lawmakers pass the oversight-board bill and set up the July 1 control date official bill action with reporting context layered on top bill summary, Action News 5 April 23
May 22, 2026 law signed / first appointees named Governor Lee signs SB714 and announces 5 appointees after official notice that MSCS meets the criteria official governor release
June 18, 2026 first board meeting board meets in Nashville, elects officers, and begins committee structure reporting meeting notice is official; officer outcome is reported TN meeting notice, Action News 5 June 18
June 26, 2026 committee work begins legal review committee focuses on selecting counsel; executive committee agenda includes report to superintendent, executive director discussion, and July 3 meeting planning agenda-only official notices only legal review committee, executive committee
June 26, 2026 - afternoon lawsuit expands / board moves on counsel the first amended verified complaint adds all 9 oversight-board members as defendants in their official capacities; reporting also says the oversight board voted to hire an attorney public court record / reporting amended complaint is linked through RECAP; board legal-engagement record is still not linked here amended complaint PDF, Daily Memphian June 26
July 1, 2026 - 8:00 a.m. personnel committee notice stays live state posts a committee notice and meeting pack centered on the executive director job description agenda-only official notice and pack posted TN committee notice, meeting pack PDF
July 1, 2026 - 10:27 a.m. defendant counsel notice appears the public docket mirror shows a notice of appearance by Shannon M. Hoffert on behalf of all defendants after the amended complaint added the oversight-board members public docket mirror docket text only in this tracker; not the underlying notice PDF or board counsel-engagement record PacerMonitor docket mirror
July 1, 2026 - midday takeover halted Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. enters a two-page order requiring the parties to maintain the status quo before Public Chapter 1057 while injunctive relief is considered; the state's 4:00 p.m. full board notice is later marked canceled public court record RECAP order PDF with same-day official cancellation notice TRO order PDF, Action News 5 July 1, Local Memphis July 1, TN cancellation notice
July 2, 2026 defendants propose hearing dates defendants file a notice saying the parties disagreed about the scope and duration of the July 1 status-quo order and asking the court to set a hearing on July 9, July 10, or July 13, 2026 public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 24; proposed dates only, not a court setting defendants' hearing-date notice
July 6, 2026 court orders discovery / briefing path the court directs the parties to discuss limited discovery with the magistrate judge, set an agreed briefing schedule with the magistrate judge's approval, and give the court a target preliminary-injunction hearing date and estimated hearing length public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 25; target date process, not a court-set hearing date July 6 discovery / briefing order, PacerMonitor docket mirror
July 7, 2026 magistrate sets case-management conference Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley sets a July 24, 2026 case management conference for the parties to discuss whether an evidentiary hearing is needed, the extent of limited discovery, any additional briefing, a target preliminary-injunction hearing date if necessary, and estimated hearing length public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 28; case-management date only, not a preliminary-injunction hearing setting July 7 case-management order, PacerMonitor docket mirror
July 8, 2026 - 10:30 a.m. final audit released the Comptroller releases the final four-volume MSCS review; the public release says detailed cybersecurity findings are not publicly released, the PDF says some sensitive portions were redacted, and the report is strongest as an administrative-failure document rather than broad proof of districtwide classroom collapse official public release plus the public PDF; classroom distinction here is tracker reading from the released report Comptroller July 8 release, final audit PDF
July 13, 2026 July 14 district agenda becomes accessible BoardDocs posts the July 14 Business Systems Review agenda: opening discussion, student attendance and discipline with an attached presentation, next steps / questions and answers, and adjournment agenda-only official district agenda; confirms scheduled discussion, not completed action; no July 21 meeting packet is listed yet BoardDocs public meeting page
July 14, 2026 defendants move to dismiss and dissolve status-quo order defendants ask the court to dismiss the amended complaint and, in a separate motion, to dissolve the July 1 status-quo order; the dissolve motion argues that the order does not satisfy Rule 65 and that the July 8 final audit materially changes the circumstances public court record RECAP copies of docket entries 30 and 32; requests for relief only, with no ruling verified here motion to dismiss, motion to dissolve
July 16, 2026 court sets briefing deadlines on defense motions Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. orders plaintiffs to respond to the motion to dismiss and motion to dissolve the July 1 status-quo order by July 23; defendants may reply by July 27 public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 36; briefing schedule only, not a ruling on either motion and not an injunction-hearing setting July 16 briefing order
July 17, 2026 July 21 Work Session agenda becomes accessible BoardDocs posts the July 21 Work Session agenda, scheduling 25 staff action items, two charter-authorization actions, proposed policies on first reading, and a therapy-services renewal correction official / agenda-only confirms items scheduled for the 5:30 p.m. Work Session, not completed action; separate committee packets became accessible on July 18 BoardDocs July 21 Work Session agenda
July 18, 2026 two July 21 committee agendas become accessible BoardDocs posts a 3:00 p.m. Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee agenda focused on the 2022 Board Strategic School Fund Allocation Program Policy and a Community Outreach and Engagement Committee agenda immediately afterward covering the first 20 days of school, registration and immunization readiness, school-consolidation communications, and student recruitment for two returning schools official / agenda-only confirms scheduled discussion, not completed action; the district page had previously grouped these as a generic Board Committee Meeting event BoardDocs July 21 committee agendas

source log

source type what it gives the tracker notes
HB0662 / SB0714 bill summary official membership, term, criteria, budget power, contract review, charter provisions best quick official summary of board powers
fiscal note official why Shelby County was expected to qualify ties eligibility back to performance and no-confidence criteria
governor release official signature date and governor's 5 appointees does not identify the 4 legislative appointees
June 18 board notice official first public meeting time, location, and agenda agenda only; no minutes located here yet
June 26 legal review notice official legal counsel selection process discussion agenda-only
June 26 executive committee notice official report to superintendent, executive director discussion, July 3 agenda planning agenda-only
Daily Memphian June 26 reporting report that the lawsuit expanded to include oversight-board appointees and that the board voted to hire an attorney important litigation and operations escalation; the amended complaint is now linked through RECAP, but the board legal-engagement record is still not linked here
Local Memphis June 26 reporting report that the amended complaint names all 9 oversight-board members as defendants in their official capacities corroborated by the RECAP copy of the amended complaint
Shelby County Government v. Lee amended complaint PDF public court record first amended verified complaint in M.D. Tenn. No. 3:26-cv-00835 naming all 9 oversight-board members in their official capacities RECAP copy of docket entry 14; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page
July 1 personnel notice official committee meeting notice and public access details agenda-only
July 1 meeting pack PDF official draft executive director role and responsibilities useful for staffing and board-buildout tracking
July 1 full board cancellation notice official same-day confirmation that the 4:00 p.m. board meeting was canceled does not explain the reason by itself
July 1 TRO order PDF public court record two-page order directing the parties to maintain the status quo before Public Chapter 1057 and requiring agreed injunction-hearing dates by July 6 RECAP copy of docket entry 22; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page
Defendants' notice of meet and confer and proposed hearing dates public court record docket entry 24 proposing July 9, July 10, or July 13, 2026 for a hearing and asking the court to clarify the hearing scope RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; proposed dates only
July 6 discovery / briefing order public court record docket entry 25 directs limited-discovery discussions with the magistrate judge, an agreed briefing schedule with magistrate approval, and a target preliminary-injunction hearing date and hearing-length estimate RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; it does not set the preliminary-injunction hearing date
July 7 case-management order public court record docket entry 28 sets a July 24 case management conference to discuss any evidentiary hearing, limited discovery, briefing, target preliminary-injunction hearing date, and estimated hearing length RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; case-management date only, not a preliminary-injunction hearing date
July 14 motion to dismiss public court record docket entry 30 asks the court to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; signed by Tennessee Attorney General lawyers Shannon M. Hoffert, Robert W. Wilson, and Matthew Dowty as counsel for all defendants; motion only, not a ruling
July 14 motion to dissolve the status-quo order public court record docket entry 32 asks the court to dissolve its July 1 status-quo order under Rule 65(b), citing the final audit as a material change and disputing plaintiffs' likelihood of success RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; request for relief only, with no ruling verified here
July 16 motion-briefing order public court record docket entry 36 sets July 23 for plaintiffs' responses to the dismissal and dissolve motions and July 27 for any defense replies RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; sets briefing deadlines only and does not rule on either motion or set an injunction hearing
Comptroller July 8 release official official release date, four-volume framing, top findings summary, and the explicit note that detailed cybersecurity findings are not publicly released because of their sensitive nature useful release summary; still read the PDF for the underlying scope limits, wording, and category breakdowns
final audit PDF official public four-volume report with the cover-page redaction note, the final fraud / waste / abuse and non-compliance categories, and the narrower classroom-adjacent sections such as Proximity, TennCare, summer-program oversight, and Whitehaven readiness the public PDF says some sensitive portions were redacted; strongest as evidence of administrative and governance failure, not a standalone districtwide classroom-performance audit
Shelby County Government v. Lee docket mirror public docket mirror docket text through July 16, including the July 1 appearance notice, the July 24 case-management setting, the July 14 motions to dismiss and dissolve, and the July 16 briefing order use only for docket-text cross-checks unless a court-hosted docket or filing is available; RECAP PDFs are linked separately where available
Action News 5 July 1 roster report reporting reported full 9-member roster and nominators, including David Mansouri and Karen Vogelsang by Speaker Sexton and Billy Orgel and Dedrick Brittenum Jr. by Lt. Gov. McNally helps narrow the appointee-source gap, but does not replace an official Speaker or Lt. Governor appointment notice
MSCS School Board page official district board event listings for July 14 and July 21, regular meeting cadence language, and the link to the chair statement PDF district board source, not a verified oversight-board action page; as of the July 18 review the live page lists the July 21 committee meeting and work session plus the July 28 business meeting
BoardDocs July 14 Business Systems Review agenda official / agenda-only July 14 meeting time and location; opening discussion; student attendance and discipline discussion led by the chief of student support services; attached presentation; next steps / questions and answers agenda detail became accessible in the public BoardDocs view by July 13; it confirms scheduled discussion, not meeting outcome. The July 21 Work Session and committee agendas are now listed separately
BoardDocs July 21 Work Session agenda official / agenda-only July 21, 5:30 p.m. Work Session packet: staff action items covering sole-source purchases, contracts, grants, renewals, and interagency agreements; two charter-authorization actions; proposed policies on first reading; and a therapy-services renewal correction the public BoardDocs view confirms what is scheduled for the Work Session, not an outcome. Separate committee agenda detail is logged below
BoardDocs July 21 committee agendas official / agenda-only Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee at 3:00 p.m.: 2022 Board Strategic School Fund Allocation Program Policy. Community Outreach and Engagement Committee immediately afterward: first 20 days of school; registration and immunization readiness; school-consolidation progress and communications; and student recruitment for two returning schools the public BoardDocs view confirms scheduled discussion, not action or outcome; it also clarifies that the district page's singular Board Committee Meeting label covers two committee meetings
TN July 7 meetings page official official archive check showing no oversight-board notice on the statewide July 7 schedule as of the July 18 review absence-check source only; no official record of the reported meeting was located
Chair McKinney statement PDF official official district-board framing of the state-control fight as a voice, representation, and disinvestment issue linked on the district board page; no publication date appears in the visible PDF text
interim forensic audit official background context used by takeover supporters context source, not a board action record
2025-2026 board meeting schedule PDF official official long-range schedule showing the July 21 work session and July 28 business meeting approved June 24, 2025; useful when the current board-events snapshot and the longer schedule do not show the same July meetings
Action News 5 June 18 reporting full 9-member roster with appointers, officer elections, and reported plan to meet again July 7 in Memphis used where official appointment notices are missing
Action News 5 April 23 reporting plain-language summary of sweeping powers in the final bill good functional summary, but not the statute itself
Action News 5 July 1 reporting TRO, July 1 halt, discovery timing, and canceled first full-authority meeting same-day local report
Local Memphis July 1 reporting same-day TRO coverage and injunction-hearing prep details useful corroboration; the TRO order PDF is now linked through RECAP

gaps / watch

item status now why it matters next check
amended complaint / board counsel record partly resolved / substantially narrowed RECAP links the June 26 first amended verified complaint naming all 9 oversight-board members in their official capacities; July 14 defense filings are signed by Shannon M. Hoffert, Robert W. Wilson, and Matthew Dowty as counsel for all defendants, but the board counsel engagement / selection record is still not linked here the complaint confirms the litigation defendants and signed filings confirm current defense representation; the board counsel-engagement record would still confirm the board-side selection process and how far legal engagement moved before the July 1 TRO watch for a board legal-engagement record or any posted counsel-selection minutes
TRO order PDF resolved through public docket mirror RECAP now links docket entry 22, a July 1 order requiring the parties to maintain the status quo before Public Chapter 1057 while the court considers injunctive relief the exact scope and limits of the court order matter watch the July 23 response and July 27 reply deadlines, any ruling on the July 14 motion to dissolve, the preliminary-injunction scheduling order, or any later order replacing or extending the TRO
July 14 / July 21 district board agenda detail resolved / agenda-only BoardDocs posts the July 14 Business Systems Review agenda, the July 21 5:30 p.m. Work Session agenda, and two committee agendas beginning at 3:00 p.m. The Policy, Governance, & Legislation Committee schedules a strategic school-fund allocation policy; the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee schedules back-to-school readiness, consolidation communications, and student-recruitment discussions the posted agendas clarify scheduled local-board business across the July 14 review, two July 21 committees, and the July 21 Work Session. They do not confirm discussion, action, or approval watch for later meeting outcomes, minutes, or recordings; do not treat the agendas as proof that discussion or approval occurred
June 18 / June 26 minutes or recordings not yet verified a July 18 recheck of the official June 18 and June 26 TN meeting pages still found agenda text and meeting-access details, but no posted minutes or recording links would convert agenda-only committee items into confirmed action items recheck those TN meeting pages and any later archive postings
official source for 4 legislative appointees partly narrowed Action News 5's July 1 roster report assigns Billy Orgel and Dedrick Brittenum Jr. to McNally and David Mansouri and Karen Vogelsang to Sexton, but this review still did not locate an official Speaker or Lt. Governor appointment notice right now the tracker still relies on local reporting for those four appointers watch for speaker / lieutenant governor releases or updated official board materials
reported July 7 Memphis meeting open question mentioned in June 18 reporting, but a July 18 recheck of the official TN July archive still found no July 7 oversight-board notice or later official meeting record the next public board movement may shift because of the TRO watch TN.gov for any later notice, minutes, or other official record that confirms whether the reported meeting occurred
injunction hearing date partly narrowed RECAP links the July 7 order setting a July 24 case management conference, the July 14 defense motion to dissolve the July 1 status-quo order, and a July 16 order setting July 23 and July 27 briefing deadlines; this tracker still does not have a ruling on that motion or a court-set injunction hearing date this is the next major legal control point watch for the July 23 responses, July 24 case management conference, July 27 replies, a ruling on the dissolve motion, any target preliminary-injunction hearing date, or a later court order setting the hearing