Lamar County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2022-2023
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Lamar County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $3,791,254 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 Lamar County School District have been shorted a total of $76,185,800. 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 Lamar County School District

Representatives

Rep. Joseph Tubb

HOUSE DISTRICT 87

HOME:
30 Pin Oak Ln.
Purvis, MS 39475
601.336.3660 (W)

CAPITOL:

601.359.3770

Rep. Bill Pigott

HOUSE DISTRICT 99

HOME:
92 Pigott Easterling Rd
Tylertown, MS 39667
601.303.0988 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 119-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3069

Rep. Ken Morgan

HOUSE DISTRICT 100

HOME:
1640 Highway 587
Morgantown, MS 39483
601.736.9688 (H)
601.731.4100 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 119-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.5334

Rep. Kent McCarty

HOUSE DISTRICT 101

HOME:
13 Leaf Lane
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601.520.7552 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Jansen Owen

HOUSE DISTRICT 106

HOME:
P.O. Box 249
Poplarville, MS 39470
601.746.5201 (W)
601.522.3337 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Joey Fillingane

SENATE DISTRICT 41

HOME:
8 Westbrook Dr.
Sumrall, MS 39482
601.271.2070 (H)
601.264.3323 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. John Polk

SENATE DISTRICT 44

HOME:
53 Tidewater Rd
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
601.261.5613 (H)
601.467.5117 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
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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