Greene County School District

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

Greene County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $702,290 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 Greene County School District have been shorted a total of $15,246,876. 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 Greene County School District

Representatives

Rep. Shane Barnett

HOUSE DISTRICT 86

HOME:
P.O. Box 621
Waynesboro, MS 39367
601.735.4047 (W) 

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2426

Rep. Dale Goodin

HOUSE DISTRICT 105

HOME:
72 Memorial Church Rd.
Richton, MS 39467
601.394.3920 (H)
601.408.2391 (C) 

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Dennis DeBar Jr.

SENATE DISTRICT 43

HOME:
P.O. Box 1090
Leakesville, MS 39451
601.394.4400 (W)
601.394.2256 (F)
601.394.3933 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 214-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3250

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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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