Neshoba County School District

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

Neshoba County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $2,315,296 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 Neshoba County School District have been shorted a total of $24,821,470. 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 Neshoba County School District

Representatives

Rep. Scott Bounds

HOUSE DISTRICT 44

HOME:
45 Carla Drive
Philadelphia, MS 39350
601.656.1765 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 115-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3335

Rep. Michael Evans

HOUSE DISTRICT 45

HOME:
1147 Mount Harmony Rd
Preston, MS 39354
662.677.3738 (H)
601.656.5841 (W)
601.416.7495 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.3311

Senators

Sen. Jenifer Branning

SENATE DISTRICT 18

HOME:
235 West Beacon St.
Philadelphia, MS 39350

CAPITOL:
Room 407
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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