Alcorn County School District

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

Alcorn County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $2,043,140 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 Alcorn County School District have been shorted a total of $24,546,860. 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 Alcorn County School District

Representatives

Rep. Lester Carpenter

HOUSE DISTRICT 1

HOME:
8 Carpenter Dr.
Burnsville, MS 38833
662.427.8281 (H)
662.424.2306 (C)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT
Jackson, MS
601.359.4073

Rep. Nick Bain

HOUSE DISTRICT 2

HOME:
1408 Pine Road
Corinth, MS 38834
662.287.1620 (H)
601.953.2994 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.3338

Rep. Tracy Arnold

HOUSE DISTRICT 3

HOME:
301 Wyninegar Rd.
Booneville, MS 38809
662.728.9951 (H)
662.340.0080 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-E
Jackson, MS
601.359.2420

Rep. Jody Steverson

HOUSE DISTRICT 4

HOME:
123 Woodridge
Ripley, MS 38663
662.837.0194 (H)
601.837.9332 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201M-7
Jackson, MS
601.359.3457

Senators

Sen. Rita Parks

SENATE DISTRICT 4

HOME:
P.O. Box 303
Corinth, MS 38835
662.287.6323 (H)
662.415.4793 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232

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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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