Noxubee County School District

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

Noxubee County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $892,575 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 Noxubee County School District have been shorted a total of $12,757,169. 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 Noxubee County School District

Representatives

Rep. Carl Mickens

HOUSE DISTRICT 42

HOME:
P.O. Box 427
Brooksville, MS 39739
662.425.1804 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room: 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2439

Senators

Sen. Angela Turner-Ford

SENATE DISTRICT 16

HOME:
P.O. Drawer 1500
West Point, MS 39773
662.494.6611 (W)
662.494.4814 (F)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Rod Hickman

SENATE DISTRICT 32

HOME:
2829 Jefferson St.
Macon, MS 39341

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

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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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