Charter Bill On Fast Track -- Merger Issue Leans Partisan As State Gop Leaders Vow Quick Action to Make Vote Countywide

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NASHVILLE - Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris and new House Speaker Beth Harwell said Tuesday that final approval of a bill Norris has drafted intervening in the Memphis City Schools showdown could occur as quickly as Saturday.

On the legislature's opening day, Norris, R-Collierville, delayed until today formal introduction of a bill that would require county voter input in order for a special school district to dissolve and transfer administrative control to the county. He said he would wait a day while city and county school officials discuss the issue.

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Charter Bill On Fast Track -- Merger Issue Leans Partisan As State Gop Leaders Vow Quick Action to Make Vote Countywide

"The two school systems are still in negotiations," Norris said. "I won't file my bill until (today) to see where we are."

Harwell, R-Nashville, also indicated that such an extraordinarily rapid approval of a substantive piece of legislation hinges on unified support of the Shelby County legislative del...

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