West Tallahatchie Public School District
West Tallahatchie Public School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $460,288 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 West Tallahatchie Public School District have been shorted a total of $6,196,798. 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 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
601.359.2424
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 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).
