West Tallahatchie Public School District
West Tallahatchie Public School District’s state funding for the 2020-2021 school year is $437,353 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), which funds teacher salaries and classrooms, is underfunded by $250,379,812.
This is the 13th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in West Tallahatchie Public School District have been shorted a total of $5,273,267. During this same period, Mississippi has raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.
Legislators Representing West Tallahatchie Public School District
Representatives
HOME:
P.O. Drawer 280
Charleston, MS 38921
662.473.2571 (H)
662.647.3203 (W)
CAPITOL:
Room 100
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770
Senators
HOME:
P.O. Box 8173
Greenwood, MS 38930
662.453.5361 (H)
662.453.2246 (W)
CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224
Nationally, Mississippi ranks 25th in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, report published May 2018) and 47th in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY 2017, published April 2019).
