Copiah County School District

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

Copiah County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $900,511 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 Copiah County School District have been shorted a total of $20,276,090. 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 Copiah County School District

Representatives

Rep. Lance Varner

HOUSE DISTRICT 62

HOME:
1072 Highway 469 South
Florence, MS 39073

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3728

Rep. Greg Holloway

HOUSE DISTRICT 76

HOME:
115 Edgewood Dr.
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
601.894.4228 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2435

Rep. Becky Currie

HOUSE DISTRICT 92

HOME:
407 Oliver Dr.
Brookhaven, MS 39601
601.833.5953 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 401-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.3131

Senators

Sen. Andy Berry

SENATE DISTRICT 35

HOME:

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.2886

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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