Marshall County School District

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

Marshall County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $1,632,948 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 Marshall County School District have been shorted a total of $21,194,179. 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 Marshall County School District

Representatives

Rep. John Faulkner

HOUSE DISTRICT 5

HOME:
P.O. Bo 5955
Holly Springs, MS 38634
662.350.0339 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2432

Rep. Steve Massengill

HOUSE DISTRICT 13

HOME:
424 Massengill Rd.
Hickory Flat, MS 38633
662.815.5000 (W)

CAPITOL:
400-E
Jackson, MS
601.359.3353

Rep. Bill Kinkade

HOUSE DISTRICT 52

HOME:
71 Peachtree Rd
Byhalia, MS 38611
901.365.4830 (W)
901.870.2726 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 112-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.3334

Senators

Sen. Kevin Blackwell

SENATE DISTRICT 19

HOME:
P.O. Box 1412
Southaven, MS 38671

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395

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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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