West Tallahatchie Public School District

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

West Tallahatchie Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $324,244 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 West Tallahatchie Public School District have been shorted a total of $6,521,042. 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 West Tallahatchie 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

Senators

Sen. Sarita Simmons

SENATE DISTRICT 13

HOME:
P.O. Box 1813
Cleveland, MS  38732
662.545.8825 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. David Jordan

SENATE DISTRICT 24

HOME:
P.O. Box 8173
Greenwood, MS 38930
662.453.5361 (H)
662.453.2246 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
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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