Vicksburg-Warren Public School District

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

Vicksburg-Warren Public School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $4,071,931 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 Vicksburg-Warren Public School District have been shorted a total of $53,427,067. 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 Vicksburg-Warren Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Kevin Ford

HOUSE DISTRICT 54

HOME:
206 Willow Way
Vicksburg, MS  39183
601.218.8185 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770  

Rep. Oscar Denton

HOUSE DISTRICT 55

HOME:
5024 Rollingwood E. Drive
Vicksburg, MS 39180
601.638.4007 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2438

Rep. Stephanie Foster

HOUSE DISTRICT 63

HOME:
120 Western Hills Dr
Jackson, MS  39212
601.842.7742 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Jeffery Harness

HOUSE DISTRICT 85

HOME:
P.O. Box 758
Fayette, MS 39069
601.702.1947 (H)
601.146.6769 (W)
601.809.6739 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770 

Senators

Sen. W. Briggs Hopson III

SENATE DISTRICT 23

HOME:
1201 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

CAPITOL:
Room 214-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3250

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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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