Claiborne County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2023-2024
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Claiborne County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $493,803 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 Claiborne County School District have been shorted a total of $11,005,978. 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 Claiborne County School District

Representatives

Rep. Jeffery Harness

HOUSE DISTRICT 85

HOME:
P.O. Box 758
Fayette, MS 39069
601.702.1947 (H)
601.146.6769 (W)
601.809.6739 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770 

Senators

Sen. Albert Butler

SENATE DISTRICT 37

HOME:
P. O. Box 614
Port Gibson, MS  39150
601.437.4089 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
P. O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
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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