Monroe County School District

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

Monroe County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $919,110 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 Monroe County School District have been shorted a total of $17,663,123. 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 Monroe County School District

Representatives

Rep. Donnie Bell

HOUSE DISTRICT 21

HOME:
836 Tucker Rd
Fulton, MS 38843
601.862.3385 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-A
Jackson, MS
601.359.3396

Rep. Andy Boyd

HOUSE DISTRICT 37

HOME:
129 Whispering Trees
Columbus, MS  39702
No personal phone number available

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Dana McLean 

HOUSE DISTRICT 39 

HOME:
332 Williamsburg Rd.
Columbus, MS  39705
662.328.0607 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Hob Bryan

SENATE DISTRICT 7

HOME:
P.O. Box 75
Amory, MS 38821
662.256.9989 (H)
662.256.9601 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395

Sen. Charles Younger

SENATE DISTRICT 17

HOME:
1213 Younger Rd.
Columbus, MS 39701
662.329.3430 (H) 

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232 

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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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