Hancock County School District

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

Hancock County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $2,580,704 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), which funds teacher salaries and classrooms, is underfunded by $279,342,511.

This is the 15th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the Hancock County School District have been shorted a total of $29,955,624. 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 Hancock County School District

Representatives

Rep. Timmy Ladner

HOUSE DISTRICT 93

HOME:
6 Michael D. Smith Rd.
Poplarville, MS 39470
228.518.0878 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 119-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.2422

Rep. Jay McKnight

HOUSE DISTRICT 95

HOME:
22160 Hwy. 53
Gulfport, MS  39503
228.697.0625 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Brent Anderson

HOUSE DISTRICT 122

HOME:
P.O. Box 4601
Bay St. Louis, MS  39521
228.216.1630 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Philman A. Ladner

SENATE DISTRICT 46

HOME:

228.493.4572 (W)
228.493.4572 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 213
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.4088

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 47th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2020, published May 2022) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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