Stone County School District

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

Stone County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,022,075 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, Mississippi’s public schools are underfunded by $175,829,477. 

This is the 16th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the Stone County School District have been shorted a total of $20,039,931. 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 Stone County School District

Representatives

Rep. Timmy Ladner

HOUSE DISTRICT 93

HOME:
6 Michael D. Smith Rd.
Poplarville, MS 39470
228.518.0878 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 119-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.2422

Rep. Steve Lott

HOUSE DISTRICT 107

HOME:
125 Ashton Drive
Lucedale, MS 39452
601.766.3053 (W)

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3728

Senators

Sen. Angela Hill

SENATE DISTRICT 40

HOME:
54 Watts Rd
Picayune, MS 39466
601.916.3952 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

Sen. Joseph “Mike” Seymour

SENATE DISTRICT 47

HOME:
15417 Indian Fork Rd.
Vancleave, MS 39565
228.697.9154 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 48th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2021, published May 2023) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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