The Jacksonville City Council isn’t giving the green light to more legal autonomy for the Duval County School Board .

By a 8-9 vote, the legislative branch voted down a resolution to back a local bill in Tallahassee that, if passed, would give the board its own general counsel, sending a message to the state legislature should this bill get taken up in Tallahassee.

The Duval Delegation will get to vote on the bill next week and potentially carry it forward anyway.

The local charter would have to be changed to make this happen, given the city’s foundational document stipulates the general counsel as the primary legal authority.

While the school board would still have access to city lawyers, the move was supposed to make DCPS more competitive with other districts and more ab

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