The mayor said the budget also provides for $427.4 million for the county’s seven municipal school systems, which he tweeted was “the highest level of funding for schools likely in Shelby County’s history.”
Harris also proposed $350 million over five years for rebuilding Regional One Health. He said if approved, it would be the first step in a three-phase process to get resources from the state and form a permanent partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).