Okolona School District

Okolona School District's state funding for the 2019-2020 school year is $320,519 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), which funds teachers and classrooms, is underfunded by $224,848,038.

This is the 12th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the Okolona School District have been shorted a total of $4,065,443. During this same period, Mississippi has raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.

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).

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Legislators Representing Okolona School District   
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psullivan@house.ms.gov; rjolly@senate.ms.gov
House District 22
Rep. Preston E. Sullivan» See Voting Record» See Ed Report
HOME:
1601 CR 410
Okolona, MS  38860
(662) 447-5719 (H)
CAPITOL:
BSMT
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601) 359-4073
Email:
psullivan@house.ms.gov
Twitter:
@RepSullivan
 
Senate District 8
Sen. Russell Jolly» See Voting Record» See Ed Report
HOME:
369 Hwy.47
Houston, MS  38851
(662) 456-3118 (H)  
(662) 542-6701 (C)
CAPITOL:
Room 408
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
(601) 359-2886
Email:
rjolly@senate.ms.gov
Facebook:
Link to Sen. Jolly's FB Page
Twitter:
@gov_ms