Madison County School District

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

Madison County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $7,733,354 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 Madison County School District have been shorted a total of $82,567,981. 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 Madison County School District

Representatives

Rep. Kenneth Walker

HOUSE DISTRICT 27

HOME:
P.O. Box 265
Carthage, MS 39051
601.267.5368 (H)
601.214.6320 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2439

Speaker Philip Gunn

HOUSE DISTRICT 56

HOME:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.924.8438 (H)
601.355.8321 (W)

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
Room 306
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Ed Blackmon

HOUSE DISTRICT 57

HOME:
P.O. Drawer 105
Canton, MS 39046
601.859.4202 (H)
601.859.1567 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201M-6
Jackson, MS
601.359.9394

Rep. Joel Bomgar

HOUSE DISTRICT 58

HOME:
P.O. Box 1998
Madison, MS 39130
601.207.0813 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.9485

Rep. Shanda Yates

HOUSE DISTRICT 64

HOME:
P.O. Box 16409
Jackson, MS  39236
601.953.7891 (C) 

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Jill Ford

HOUSE DISTRICT 73

HOME:
180 Deer Haven Dr.
Madison, MS  39110
601.624.6911 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Barbara Blackmon

SENATE DISTRICT 21

HOME:
907 W. Peace St.
Canton, MS 39046

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. Joseph Thomas

SENATE DISTRICT 22

HOME:
P.O. Box 524 
Yazoo City, MS 39194
662.746.7552 (W)
662.571.2987 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

Sen. J. Walter Michel

SENATE DISTRICT 25

HOME:
241 Richardson Rd.
Ridgeland, MS 39157

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

Sen. John Horhn

SENATE DISTRICT 26

HOME:
P.O. Box 2030
Jackson, MS 39225
601.362.1045 (H)
601.362.4285 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

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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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