East Jasper Public School District

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

East Jasper Public School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $430,640 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 East Jasper Public School District have been shorted a total of $6,459,330. 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 East Jasper Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Mark Tullos

HOUSE DISTRICT 79

HOME:
P.O. Box 505
Raleigh, MS 39153
601.782.9167 (H)
601.782.4587 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2431

Rep. Omeria Scott

HOUSE DISTRICT 80

HOME:
615 East 19th St.
Laurel, MS 39215
601.649.7677 (H)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT
Jackson, MS
601.359.4084

Rep. Troy Smith

HOUSE DISTRICT 84

HOME:
320 Smith Ridge Ln.
Enterprise, MSĀ  39330
601.527.7991 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770 

Senators

Sen. Juan Barnett

SENATE DISTRICT 34

HOME:
P.O. Box 407
Heidelberg, MS 39439

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224

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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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