Coahoma Early College High School

Underfunded for 2021-2022
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008
-$ 0

Coahoma Early College High School’s state funding for the 2021-2022 school year is $175,415 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), which funds teacher salaries and classrooms, is underfunded by $271,713,157.

This is the 14th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the Coahoma Early College High School have been shorted a total of $1,813,102. During this same period, Mississippi raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.

Legislators Representing Coahoma Early College High School

Representatives

Rep. Cedric Burnett

HOUSE DISTRICT 9

HOME:
P.O. Box 961
Tunica, MS 38676
662.363.2531 (H)
662.363.2531 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 100-A
Jackson, MS
601.359.3755

Rep. Orlando Paden

HOUSE DISTRICT 26

HOME:
3731 Stovall Rd.
Clarksdale, MS 38614

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2439

Senators

Sen. Derrick Simmons

SENATE DISTRICT 12

HOME:
P.O. Box 1854
Greenville, MS 38702
662.378.8764 (H)
662.334.1666 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224  

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks 25th in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, report published May 2018) and 47th in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY 2017, published April 2019).

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