East Tallahatchie Public School District

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

East Tallahatchie Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $346,882 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 East Tallahatchie Public School District have been shorted a total of $9,028,979. 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 Tallahatchie Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Brady Williamson

HOUSE DISTRICT 10

HOME:
603 S. 16th St.
Oxford, MS  38655
662.801.6004 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Thomas Reynolds

HOUSE DISTRICT 33

HOME:
P.O. Drawer 280
Charleston, MS 38921
662.473.2571 (H)
662.647.3203 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 100
Jackson, MS
601.359.2424

Rep. Kevin Horan

HOUSE DISTRICT 34

HOME:
P.O. Box 2166
Grenada, MS 38901
662.226.1817 (H)
662.226.2185 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.3311

Senators

Sen. Sarita Simmons

SENATE DISTRICT 13

HOME:
P.O. Box 1813
Cleveland, MS  38732
662.545.8825 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. Lydia Chassaniol

SENATE DISTRICT 14

HOME:
P.O. Box 211
Winona, MS 38967
662.453.3172 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 213
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395

Sen. David Jordan

SENATE DISTRICT 24

HOME:
P.O. Box 8173
Greenwood, MS 38930
662.453.5361 (H)
662.453.2246 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
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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