Calhoun County School District

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

Calhoun County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $1,433,435 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 Calhoun County School District have been shorted a total of $18,360,289. 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 Calhoun County School District

Representatives

Rep. Perry Bailey

HOUSE DISTRICT 23

HOME:
187 CR 418
Calhoun City, MS   38916
662.983.5726 (H)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Benjamin Suber

SENATE DISTRICT 8

HOME:
P.O. Box 8
Bruce, MS 38915
662.983.3000 (H)
662.983.3030 (F)

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

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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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