Union Public School District

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

Union Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $514,106 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 Union Public School District have been shorted a total of $8,569,643. 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 Union Public 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. Randy Rushing

HOUSE DISTRICT 78

HOME:
672 North 8th Ave.
P.O. Box 424
Decatur, MS 39327
601.635.2044 (H)
601.917.9504 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-H
Jackson, MS
601.359.3371

Senators

Sen. Jenifer Branning

SENATE DISTRICT 18

HOME:
235 West Beacon St.
Philadelphia, MS 39350

CAPITOL:
Room 407
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

Sen. Tyler McCaughn

SENATE DISTRICT 31

HOME:
P.O. Box 28
Newton, MS 39345
601.683.2382 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

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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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