Greenwood-Leflore Public School District

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

Greenwood-Leflore Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,455,542 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 Greenwood-Leflore Public School District have been shorted a total of $36,964,236. During this same period, Mississippi has raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.

Legislators Representing Greenwood-Leflore Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Solomon Osborne

HOUSE DISTRICT 32

HOME:
P.O. Box 8175
Greenwood, MS 38935

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Karl Oliver

HOUSE DISTRICT 46

HOME:
P.O. Box 95
Winona, MS 38967
662.283.2121 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201-D
Jackson, MS
601.359.3340

Rep. Timaka James-Jones

HOUSE DISTRICT 51

HOME:
210 Central Avenue
Belzoni, MS 39038
662.247.1827 (C)

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

Senators

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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