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Shelby County school board votes to authorize litigation over commission election realignment
Summary
The Shelby County Board of Education voted 6–0 on Nov. 18, 2025, to authorize outside counsel to assess and, if appropriate, challenge a Shelby County Commission resolution that would realign school-board elections and accelerate all nine seats to the 2026 ballot; supporters called the move an effort to protect voters' expectations and statutory terms.
The Shelby County Board of Education on Nov. 18 approved a resolution directing the district’s general counsel to retain outside counsel to evaluate and, if warranted, file suit challenging a Shelby County Commission resolution that realigns school-board elections and would place all nine board seats on the 2026 ballot.
Mr. Jenkins read the resolution into the record, saying the commission action — adopted 8–4 after the mayor’s veto was overridden — would, in the board’s view, shorten the terms of five recently elected members and “abridge” voter expectations established at the…
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