Agency project manager Joan Barnfield said TDOT is at a stage where it wants people to tell it where they see problems and if they have any solutions to offer.
The recommendation from the Transition Planning Commission states preventive behavioral interventions must be a priority at all grade levels to keep students in school. Adding the counselors would cost about $4 million.
Shelby County officials argued in court that the law violated the Tennessee Constitution because it applied to only one county. A federal judge agreed and struck it down.
Teens between 15-17 will be able to apply. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to rekindle the program, which was canceled so long ago that no one seems to remember why.
A study conducted for the city last year concluded Memphis' population isn't growing, but is being dispersed over a broader city footprint. The land area of the city is 50 percent larger than that of Chicago.
Sanford Potts says the classically outfitted trolley buses were offered by an East Tennessee town free of charge after a transit project didn't work out.
Advocates say more male teachers are needed in elementary schools. Education has historically been female-dominated, with most male teachers concentrated in upper grades.
Officials in East Tennessee are making progress on a plan erect a statue in honor of Sam Houston, who served as a governor of Tennessee and helped Texas win its independence in the 1800s.
The Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools announced Thursday that the first lady will address the graduating class at Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet School on May 18.