Simpson County School District

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

Simpson County School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $2,010,984 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 Simpson County School District have been shorted a total of $26,940,887. 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 Simpson County School District

Representatives

Rep. Tom Weathersby

HOUSE DISTRICT 62

HOME:
3806 Highway 49 S
Florence, MS 39073
601.845.2017 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 115-A
Jackson, MS
601.359.3336

Rep. Price Wallace

HOUSE DISTRICT 77

HOME:
125 Price Wallace Drive
Mendenhall, MS 39114
601.382.6848 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Noah Sanford

HOUSE DISTRICT 90

HOME:
P.O. Box 1900
Collins, MS 39428
601.517.6622 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 201M-6
Jackson, MS
601.359.3363

Rep. Bob Evans

HOUSE DISTRICT 91

HOME:
P.O. Box 636
Monticello, MS 39654
601.587.9313 (C)
601.587.0615 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2433

Senators

Sen. Chris Caughman

SENATE DISTRICT 35

HOME:
P.O. Box 511
Mendenhall, MS 39114

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232

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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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