MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many are asking what comes next for the school district now that Superintendent Marie Feagins has been fired, and will the state move in to take over the district? It now seems a possible state takeover will be explored by the Tennessee General Assembly, as promised by House Speaker Cameron Sexton. State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) will file several bills calling for the so-called "nuclear option" for MSCS, meaning a state intervention. "I don't see the board being able to work together very effectively, going forward, because of the contention between between the board members," White said. "We've been talking about this for for years. And I think now we're going to get serious and really try to implement something that will intervene in our school system." Nuclear option’: State leaders consider takeover of Memphis schools over Feagins issue Rep. White is exploring several options. One bill would allow for broad takeover and intervention with the school district. Another bill would be similar to legislation in Texas that allowed the takeover of the Houston Independent School District and headed by the education commissioner, but with local input. "It would be state intervention with local appointments to intervene for a while. Nothing is permanent," White said. "It would be for a certain amount of time to right size things, and get the right people in place and and make some objective moves that where we can move our school system to better." White says if his second bill is filed it would create an advisory board consisting of seven to nine state-appointed members, separate from the elected MSCS board members. It would have the power to intervene in the district. Related: What led to Feagins being fired by MSCS school board? Related: Who is MSCS Interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond? In Tuesday's tumultuous and contentious school board meeting where Dr. Marie Feagins was fired as superintendent, many speakers supporting the embattled school leader warn of a possible state takeover of the Memphis-Shelby County School District if she was let go. "When you operate in this way, it leads to other people in other positions of power, like state legislators, to do things to strip away the power of our community," Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D-Memphis) warned. After concern that Feagins could be fired, Tennessee Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-Memphis) recently filed House Bill 92, which would allow elected leaders such as school board members to be recalled from office. But Hardaway does not support a state takeover. "I think the state, especially the career educators, realize the folly of the A.S.D. (Achievement School District). The state has already come into Memphis and Shelby County and taken over schools and did a poor job," he said. "Anytime you set off a nuclear option, there is fallout. There is radio activity that destroys for years. So, a nuclear option for me is not an option." Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he supported Dr. Feagins, but was not surprised by the outcome of the vote. In the meantime, with 100,000 students in MSCS schools and two new school projects on the line, he said the county needed to move forward. He hopes it won't involve the state. "I'll be reaching out very soon to Mark White. I think we'll be able to find a way forward and hopefully eliminate the need for additional state intervention," Harris said. "Maybe there's some reforms around the edges, but I plan on talking to Mark White about how we all can pull back and look forward. I know the feelings are raw in this community, but we're going to have to move forward, and there's too much at stake. We can't reminisce about what may have been."