Kosciusko Public School District

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

Kosciusko Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $869,335 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 Kosciusko Public School District have been shorted a total of $17,531,456. 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 Kosciusko Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Kenji Holloway

HOUSE DISTRICT 27

HOME:
143 Yellow Creek Road
Carthage, MS 39051

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3770

Rep. Bryant Clark

HOUSE DISTRICT 47

HOME:
271 Clark Rd.
Pickens, MS 39170
662.834.4074 (H)
662.834.6133 (W)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.2845

Rep. Jason White

HOUSE DISTRICT 48

HOME:
P.O. Box 246
West, MS 39192
662.967.2015 (H)
662.289.8888 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201
Jackson, MS
601.359.3304

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

Sen. Bradford J. Blackmon

SENATE DISTRICT 21

HOME:

601.859.1567 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.2224

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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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