Forrest County School District

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

Forrest County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $838,901 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 Forrest County School District have been shorted a total of $17,350,764. 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 Forrest County School District

Representatives

Rep. Joseph Tubb

HOUSE DISTRICT 87

HOME:
30 Pin Oak Ln.
Purvis, MS 39475
601.336.3660 (W)

CAPITOL:

601.359.3770

Rep. Noah Sanford

HOUSE DISTRICT 90

HOME:
P.O. Box 1900
Collins, MS 39428
601.517.6622 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 201M-6
Jackson, MS
601.359.3363

Rep. Missy McGee

HOUSE DISTRICT 102

HOME:
P.O. Box 1018
Hattiesburg, MS 39404

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Percy Watson

HOUSE DISTRICT 103

HOME:
P.O. Box 1767
Hattiesburg, MS 39403
601.544.6490 (H)
601.545.1051 (W)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Larry Byrd

HOUSE DISTRICT 104

HOME:
17 Byrd Rd.
Petal, MS 39465
601.544.1877 (H)
601.310.3552 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3337

Senators

Sen. Juan Barnett

SENATE DISTRICT 34

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

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224

Sen. Chris Johnson

SENATE DISTRICT 45

HOME:
P.O. Box 18247
Hattiesburg, MS  39404
601.270.1314 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 213
Jackson, MS
601.359.4088

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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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