Grenada Public School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2023-2024
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Grenada Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,573,327 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, Mississippi’s public schools are underfunded by $175,829,477.

This is the 16th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the Grenada Public School District have been shorted a total of $31,204,371. 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 Grenada Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Tracey Rosebud

HOUSE DISTRICT 30

HOME:
P.O. Box 236
Tutwiler, MS 38963
662.902.3787 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Kevin Horan

HOUSE DISTRICT 34

HOME:
P.O. Box 2166
Grenada, MS 38901
662.226.1817 (H)
662.226.2185 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.3311

Rep. Karl Oliver

HOUSE DISTRICT 46

HOME:
P.O. Box 95
Winona, MS 38967
662.283.2121 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201-D
Jackson, MS
601.359.3340

Senators

Sen. Lydia Chassaniol

SENATE DISTRICT 14

HOME:
P.O. Box 211
Winona, MS 38967
662.453.3172 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 213
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 48th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2021, published May 2023) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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