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 the July 1 status-quo order remains the last verified order controlling the takeover. On August 7, the magistrate judge granted plaintiffs leave to file their modified second amended complaint and set August 14, 21, and 26 deadlines for dismissal briefing; no dismissal, jurisdictional, status-quo, or preliminary-injunction ruling is verified
effective date in law July 1, 2026
last tracker update August 7, 2026
next known watchpoint filing of the authorized second amended complaint; defendants' August 14 dismissal-motion deadline; plaintiffs' August 21 response; any optional August 26 reply; rulings on jurisdiction, dismissal, or the status-quo order; and any later preliminary-injunction schedule

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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 29 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, separate July 21 committee packets, the July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda, official July 21 Work Session minutes, and item-level July 28 motion-and-voting fields; the district's official YouTube channel posts recordings for the July 21 committee / Work Session and July 28 Board Business Meeting
  • 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
  • RECAP now has the July 27 defense replies and plaintiffs' preliminary-injunction memorandum; they are arguments and requests, not rulings, and no injunction hearing date is set
  • RECAP now supplies the July 28 motion for leave to file a second amended complaint as part of signed entry 52; the proposed complaint attachment and the August 7 redline attachment are not publicly linked here, so the tracker does not treat the motion's description of proposed changes as a separately filed operative pleading
  • a July 30 court order requires defendants to respond to the leave-to-amend motion by August 4; the same day's docket text records plaintiffs' proposed preliminary-injunction schedule and defendants' position on limited discovery and an evidentiary hearing, but not the papers' full contents
  • an August 3 signed order confirms that the July 31 case-management conference occurred and defers entry of a preliminary-injunction schedule and recommended target hearing date until the court addresses plaintiffs' motion to amend and defendants' jurisdictional issues; it does not decide those issues or set a hearing date
  • an August 4 public filing confirms defendants do not oppose leave to file a second amended complaint but intend to move to dismiss that complaint if the court grants leave; the notice is not a ruling granting amendment or accepting the proposed complaint
  • an August 5 public docket entry records Mark Weston's notice of appearance for all defendants; the filing establishes representation only and does not document a court ruling or a separate oversight-board counsel-selection action
  • August 7 signed orders grant plaintiffs' original and modified requests for leave to file a second amended complaint and set August 14, 21, and 26 deadlines for dismissal briefing; the modified request says plaintiffs will remove Count II before filing. The orders do not themselves supply a separately filed second amended complaint or decide dismissal, jurisdiction, the status-quo order, or preliminary relief

movement log

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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, three separate July 21 committee agendas, and the July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda. The July 28 record attaches 16-page July 21 Work Session minutes, marks several consent items as removed or moved to requests for action, and now exposes motion-and-voting fields for substantive items including both FY27 budget resolutions and the denial of two charter applications. The official MSCS YouTube channel posts the July 21 committee / Work Session recording and a 2-hour, 37-minute July 28 Board Business Meeting recording official / agendas, minutes, voting record and recordings the July 21 minutes confirm attendance, approval of that meeting's agenda, the superintendent's forensic-audit update, and the listed work-session items. Separately, the live July 28 BoardDocs record now reports unanimous passage of the FY27 July budget amendment and General Fund fund-balance assignment resolutions by the eight members listed, plus passage of the motion denying the Empowerment Academy and Opportunity Youth Academy applications with seven affirmative votes and one abstention. The minutes-approval items still show recommended action without separate motion-and-voting fields BoardDocs public meeting page, July 21 minutes PDF, official July 21 recording, official July 28 recording, 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
July 21, 2026 third July 21 committee agenda becomes accessible BoardDocs lists an Audit Budget Finance Committee meeting immediately after the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee meeting and posts discussion items for an FY27 July 2026 Budget Amendment Resolution and an FY27 General Fund, Fund Balance Assignment Resolution official / agenda-only confirms scheduled discussion and attached resolution materials, not completed action or approval BoardDocs July 21 Audit Budget Finance Committee agenda
July 21, 2026 district posts committee / Work Session recording the official MSCS YouTube channel posts a 2-hour, 23-minute recording titled “MSCS Committee Meeting / Board Work Session 7-21-26” official / recording confirms the July 21 district-board meeting event occurred; this tracker has not used the recording title alone as proof that every posted agenda item was discussed, acted on, or approved official MSCS July 21 recording
July 23, 2026 plaintiffs oppose dismissal and dissolution of status-quo order plaintiffs file separate responses opposing defendants' motion to dismiss and motion to dissolve the July 1 status-quo order; the dissolve-motion response lists a July 20, 2022 internal-audit letter and a January 23, 2024 state-court answer as exhibits public docket mirror PacerMonitor docket text for entries 37 and 38; the response PDFs were not yet available through RECAP at the July 24, 7:04 a.m. check, so this entry records the filings and exhibit descriptions, not their full arguments PacerMonitor docket mirror
July 24, 2026 court sets next preliminary-injunction steps after a 21-minute case-management conference, Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley records that plaintiffs intend to file a preliminary-injunction motion by July 27, requires the parties to file a proposed schedule or their positions by July 30, and resets the status conference for July 31 at 10:00 a.m. public court record RECAP copy of docket entry 39; it sets motion and scheduling steps, not a preliminary-injunction hearing date July 24 case-management order
July 26, 2026 July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda becomes accessible BoardDocs posts the July 28 business agenda, scheduling approval of the July 21 Work Session minutes, 28 consent items including two charter-authorization items covering four proposed schools, proposed policies on first and second reading, and five requests for action including the FY27 July budget amendment and General Fund fund-balance assignment resolutions official / agenda-only accessible by the July 26 recheck; confirms scheduled business and proposed approvals, not completed action. The minutes item does not itself verify approval or provide a standalone minutes record BoardDocs July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda
July 27, 2026 preliminary-injunction filing and defense replies enter the public record defendants file replies supporting dismissal and dissolution of the July 1 status-quo order; plaintiffs file a 23-page memorandum supporting a preliminary injunction against implementation of Public Chapter 1057 and request expedited discovery followed by supplemental briefing public court record RECAP copies of docket entries 40, 41, and 43; these are competing requests and arguments, not rulings. The preliminary-injunction memorandum anticipates further scheduling at the July 31 status conference but does not set a hearing date reply on motion to dissolve, reply on motion to dismiss, preliminary-injunction memorandum
July 28, 2026 - 7:44 p.m. plaintiffs seek leave to file a second amended complaint the public docket mirror records a motion by Shelby County Government and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners for leave to file a second amended complaint, with “Exhibit A-Proposed Second Amended Complaint” listed as an attachment public docket mirror docket entry 44 text only; the filing and attachment PDFs were not publicly available through RECAP at the July 29 recheck, so this entry records filing occurrence and the attachment title, not the motion's arguments or the proposed pleading's full claims PacerMonitor docket mirror
July 29, 2026 July district-board record narrows BoardDocs now attaches official July 21 Work Session minutes to the July 28 meeting record, and the official district channel posts a July 28 Board Business Meeting recording. The rendered July 28 agenda also marks several consent items as removed or moved to requests for action official / minutes and recording the minutes confirm attendance, the six-vote agenda approval, the superintendent's forensic-audit update, and the work-session item set; they do not supply item-by-item votes. The July 28 recording confirms the meeting occurred, but the BoardDocs items checked still show recommended actions without motion or voting fields July 21 Work Session minutes PDF, official July 28 recording
July 30, 2026 court sets an amendment-response deadline and parties file scheduling positions District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. orders defendants to respond by August 4 to plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second amended complaint. Later that day, plaintiffs file a proposed preliminary-injunction schedule and defendants file a notice of their position on limited discovery and an evidentiary hearing public court record / docket filings RECAP copy of docket entry 45 verifies the response deadline. PacerMonitor docket text verifies the filing occurrence and titles of entries 46 and 47, whose PDFs were not publicly available through RECAP at the August 1 recheck. The entries do not establish an agreed schedule, a court-set hearing date, or the full substance of either side's position July 30 leave-to-amend response order, PacerMonitor docket mirror
August 2, 2026 July 28 item-level voting record becomes verifiable the live BoardDocs record reports that the board passed both the FY27 July budget amendment resolution and the FY27 General Fund fund-balance assignment resolution with eight affirmative votes. It also reports passage of the motion denying the Empowerment Academy and Opportunity Youth Academy charter applications, with seven affirmative votes and Stephanie Love abstaining official / motion and voting record the BoardDocs fields identify the motions, movers, seconds, final resolutions, and named votes. This verifies those item-level outcomes, not every July 28 agenda item; the two minutes-approval items checked still display recommended actions without separate motion-and-voting fields BoardDocs July 28 Board Business Meeting record
August 3, 2026 court defers preliminary-injunction scheduling Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley records that the court held the July 31 case-management conference and defers a scheduling order and recommended target hearing date until the court addresses plaintiffs' motion to amend and jurisdictional issues raised by defendants public court record RECAP copy of signed docket entry 48. The order documents the conference and deferral; it does not decide leave to amend or the jurisdictional issues, grant or deny preliminary relief, or set a hearing date August 3 deferred-scheduling order
August 4, 2026 defendants do not oppose leave to amend defendants say they do not oppose plaintiffs' request for leave to file a second amended complaint and intend to move to dismiss that complaint if the court grants leave public court filing RECAP copy of docket entry 49. The notice narrows the parties' position on leave and states defendants' next intended motion; it does not itself grant leave, accept the proposed complaint, dismiss any claim, or resolve any jurisdictional or preliminary-injunction issue August 4 non-opposition notice
August 5, 2026 new attorney appears for all defendants Mark Weston files a notice of appearance on behalf of all defendants public docket filing PacerMonitor docket entry 50 establishes the filing occurrence, attorney name, and represented parties. The filing PDF is not publicly available through RECAP at the August 6 recheck; the docket entry does not establish a court ruling or a separate oversight-board counsel-selection action PacerMonitor docket mirror
August 7, 2026 court grants leave to amend and sets dismissal briefing Magistrate Judge Jeffery S. Frensley grants plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second amended complaint and grants their same-day modified request, which says plaintiffs will remove Count II before filing. Defendants' dismissal motion is due August 14, plaintiffs' response August 21, and any optional reply August 26 public court orders RECAP copies of signed docket entries 52 and 53. Entry 52 grants the original leave request and sets the briefing dates; entry 53 grants the modified request and keeps that schedule in effect. The orders authorize amendment but do not themselves supply a separately filed second amended complaint or decide dismissal, jurisdiction, dissolution of the status-quo order, or preliminary relief August 7 leave-to-amend order, August 7 modified-motion order

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
July 24 case-management order public court record docket entry 39 records the July 24 conference, a July 27 target for plaintiffs' preliminary-injunction motion, a July 30 proposed-schedule or position deadline, and a July 31 status conference at 10:00 a.m. RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; it leaves any evidentiary hearing, discovery scope, additional briefing, target preliminary-injunction hearing date, and hearing length for further discussion
July 27 reply supporting motion to dissolve public court record docket entry 40 argues that the July 1 order either expired under Rule 65 on July 15 or lacks authority outside Rule 65 and asks the court to declare it expired or dissolve it RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; defense argument and request only, with no ruling verified here
July 27 reply supporting motion to dismiss public court record docket entry 41 argues that sovereign immunity and pleading deficiencies require dismissal of the amended complaint RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; defense argument and request only, with no ruling verified here
July 27 preliminary-injunction memorandum public court record docket entry 43 asks the court to enjoin implementation of Public Chapter 1057, authorize expedited discovery, and allow supplemental briefing after depositions RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; plaintiff argument and request only. It anticipates discussion at the July 31 status conference but does not set a preliminary-injunction hearing date
July 30 leave-to-amend response order public court record docket entry 45 orders defendants to respond by August 4 to plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second amended complaint RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; scheduling order only, not a ruling granting leave to amend or accepting the proposed second amended complaint
August 3 deferred-scheduling order public court record docket entry 48 confirms the July 31 case-management conference occurred and defers a preliminary-injunction scheduling order and recommended target hearing date pending consideration of plaintiffs' amendment motion and defendants' jurisdictional issues RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; deferral only, not a ruling on amendment, jurisdiction, dismissal, dissolution of the status-quo order, or preliminary relief
August 4 non-opposition notice public court filing docket entry 49 states that defendants do not oppose plaintiffs' motion for leave to file a second amended complaint and intend to move to dismiss the second amended complaint if the court grants leave RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page; party position and stated litigation intent only, not an order granting amendment, accepting the proposed complaint, dismissing any claim, or deciding jurisdiction or preliminary relief
August 7 leave-to-amend order public court record docket entry 52 grants plaintiffs' July 28 motion for leave to file a second amended complaint and sets August 14, 21, and 26 deadlines for dismissal briefing RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page. The signed order is stamped onto the underlying motion, whose description of proposed changes remains party argument; the order grants leave but does not itself provide a separately filed second amended complaint or decide the anticipated dismissal motion
August 7 modified-motion order public court record docket entry 53 grants plaintiffs' modified leave request, which says Count II will be removed before the second amended complaint is filed, and keeps the entry 52 briefing schedule in effect RECAP copy; public docket mirror, not an official court-hosted page. The filing reports plaintiffs' intended pleading change; a separately filed second amended complaint is not verified here
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 entry 53 on August 7, including entry 44 and its proposed-complaint attachment title, entries 46 and 47 with the parties' scheduling-position titles, Mark Weston's entry 50 appearance, plaintiffs' entry 51 modified request, and the entry 52 and 53 orders granting leave and setting dismissal briefing use only for docket-text cross-checks unless a court-hosted docket or filing is available. RECAP supplies entries 45, 48, 49, 52, and 53 separately above, but entries 44, 46, 47, 50, and 51 or their attachments were unavailable there at the August 8 recheck. Entry 50 establishes representation only; entry 51 is a party request; entries 52 and 53 are the controlling orders for the amendment and briefing delta
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, 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 29 review the live event list has rolled forward to the August 11 Business System Review and August 18 committee meeting and Work Session
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 was scheduled for the Work Session, not an outcome. Separate July 21 minutes are now attached to the July 28 meeting record and 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; these were the first two committee packets located, with the Audit Budget Finance Committee packet logged separately below
BoardDocs July 21 Audit Budget Finance Committee agenda official / agenda-only Audit Budget Finance Committee immediately after the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee meeting: FY27 July 2026 Budget Amendment Resolution and FY27 General Fund, Fund Balance Assignment Resolution, both with attachments the public BoardDocs view confirms scheduled discussion and proposed resolutions, not action or approval; it expands the July 21 committee set from two posted packets to three
BoardDocs July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda official / agenda and item-level voting record July 28, 5:30 p.m. business agenda, agenda changes, attachments, and motion-and-voting fields. The record reports passage of both FY27 budget resolutions by eight affirmative votes and passage of the motion denying the Empowerment Academy and Opportunity Youth Academy applications by seven affirmative votes with one abstention use the motion-and-voting fields for the specific recorded outcomes only. Other item labels remain agenda or recommended-action language unless their own motion-and-voting field or adopted minutes establish an outcome; the minutes-approval items checked did not expose separate voting fields
July 21 Board Work Session Meeting Minutes official / minutes 16-page BoardDocs attachment confirming member attendance, the six-vote approval of the Work Session agenda, the superintendent's forensic-audit update, and the staff and board items presented at the meeting attached to the July 28 minutes-approval item. The document records no item-by-item votes beyond the agenda vote and does not by itself establish how the July 28 board voted on approval of these minutes
MSCS Committee Meeting / Board Work Session 7-21-26 official / recording 2-hour, 23-minute recording on the verified Memphis-Shelby County Schools YouTube channel confirms the July 21 committee / Work Session event occurred; BoardDocs now also posts separate Work Session minutes, but neither the recording title nor those minutes establishes item-by-item action
MSCS Board Business Meeting July 28-26 official / recording 2-hour, 37-minute recording on the verified Memphis-Shelby County Schools YouTube channel confirms the July 28 Board Business Meeting occurred; the recording has not been treated as item-by-item vote verification without review of the relevant segment or a separate voting record
TN July 7 meetings page official official archive check showing no oversight-board notice on the statewide July 7 schedule as of the July 29 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

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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, and docket entry 50 records Mark Weston's August 5 appearance. On August 7, signed entries 52 and 53 grant plaintiffs' original and modified requests for leave to file a second amended complaint. The modified request says plaintiffs will remove Count II before filing, and the court sets August 14, 21, and 26 dismissal-briefing deadlines. A separately filed second amended complaint is not yet verified here, and the board counsel engagement / selection record remains unlocated the court has now authorized amendment and fixed the next dismissal-briefing sequence, while the actual operative allegations still require the separately filed pleading. The board counsel-engagement record would separately confirm the board-side selection process and how far legal engagement moved before the July 1 TRO watch for the authorized second amended complaint, defendants' August 14 dismissal motion, plaintiffs' August 21 response, any August 26 reply, a board legal-engagement record, or 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 for a ruling on the July 14 motion to dissolve or any later order replacing, extending, or clarifying the July 1 order
July 14 / July 21 / July 28 district board records substantially resolved / official agendas, minutes, voting record and recordings BoardDocs posts the July 14 Business Systems Review agenda, the July 21 Work Session and three committee agendas, the July 28 Board Business Meeting agenda, a 16-page July 21 Work Session minutes attachment, and item-level July 28 motion-and-voting fields. The official district channel posts recordings for the July 21 committee / Work Session and July 28 Board Business Meeting. The verified voting fields cover both FY27 budget resolutions and the denial of the Empowerment Academy and Opportunity Youth Academy charter applications the official motion-and-voting fields resolve the named item outcomes, but do not establish action on every July 28 agenda item. The minutes-approval items checked still show recommended actions without separate voting fields, and agenda labels or recording titles alone do not establish other substantive votes watch for adopted July 28 minutes or additional item-level voting fields; review the relevant recording segment before attributing any outcome not already recorded in BoardDocs
June 18 / June 26 minutes or recordings not yet verified a July 29 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 the July 29 official-domain recheck still did not locate a 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 29 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 the July 27 preliminary-injunction memorandum asks for expedited discovery followed by supplemental briefing. The public docket mirror records plaintiffs' July 30 proposed schedule and defendants' position on limited discovery and an evidentiary hearing, but those PDFs are unavailable here. A signed August 3 order confirms the July 31 conference occurred and defers a scheduling order and recommended target hearing date until the court addresses plaintiffs' amendment motion and defendants' jurisdictional issues. The August 7 orders grant leave to amend and set dismissal briefing through August 26, resolving the amendment request but not jurisdiction, dismissal, dissolution, preliminary relief, or hearing scheduling this is the next major legal control point watch for the authorized second amended complaint, the August 14 / 21 / 26 dismissal briefs, rulings on jurisdictional issues, a discovery or supplemental-briefing order, or a later court order setting the hearing