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             Items              |          Expenditures (in thousands)                                                 |  Percentage distribution
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                                |      1990-91   |   1994-95   |   1995-96   |   1996-97   | 1997-98\1\  |   1998-99   |1990-91|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98\1\|1998-99
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Total expenditures  ............|   $229,429,715 |$279,000,318 |$293,646,490 |$313,151,046 |$334,315,020 |$355,859,449 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
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  Current expenditures for      |                |             |             |             |             |             |       |       |       |       |          |
    public schools .............|    202,037,752 | 243,877,582 | 255,106,683 | 270,174,298 | 285,485,370 | 302,873,955 |100.00 |100.00 |100.00 |100.00 |   100.00 |100.00
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    Salaries ...................|\3\ 132,730,931 | 158,914,976 | 165,806,160 | 175,027,817 | 185,562,032 | 196,647,794 | 65.70 | 65.16 | 64.99 | 64.78 |    65.00 | 64.93
    Employee benefits ..........|\3\  33,954,456 |  43,107,541 |  44,786,697 |  47,114,573 |  48,052,788 |  50,190,897 | 16.81 | 17.68 | 17.56 | 17.44 |    16.83 | 16.57
    Purchased services .........|\3\  16,380,643 |  20,643,153 |  21,579,562 |  23,043,447 |  24,603,876 |  27,106,561 |  8.11 |  8.46 |  8.46 |  8.53 |     8.62 |  8.95
    Tuition ....................|\3\   1,192,505 |   1,476,697 |   1,590,468 |   1,647,913 |   1,841,703 |   2,224,354 |  0.59 |  0.61 |  0.62 |  0.61 |     0.65 |  0.73
    Supplies ...................|\3\  14,805,956 |  17,362,430 |  18,756,157 |  20,389,846 |  22,667,152 |  23,588,785 |  7.33 |  7.12 |  7.35 |  7.55 |     7.94 |  7.79
    Other ......................|\3\   2,973,261 |   2,372,785 |   2,587,639 |   2,950,702 |   2,757,819 |   3,115,563 |  1.47 |  0.97 |  1.01 |  1.09 |     0.97 |  1.03
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    Instruction ................|    122,223,362 | 150,556,118 | 157,473,978 | 167,148,760 | 176,521,719 | 186,756,251 | 60.50 | 61.73 | 61.73 | 61.87 |    61.83 | 61.66
      Salaries .................|     90,742,284 | 109,702,815 | 114,580,985 | 121,173,303 | 128,329,486 | 135,570,688 | 44.91 | 44.98 | 44.91 | 44.85 |    44.95 | 44.76
      Employee benefits ........|     22,347,524 |  29,190,486 |  30,299,566 |  31,977,911 |  32,628,651 |  34,033,307 | 11.06 | 11.97 | 11.88 | 11.84 |    11.43 | 11.24
      Purchased services .......|      2,722,639 |   3,823,789 |   3,825,111 |   4,303,176 |   4,856,464 |   5,498,994 |  1.35 |  1.57 |  1.50 |  1.59 |     1.70 |  1.82
      Tuition ..................|      1,192,505 |   1,476,697 |   1,590,468 |   1,647,913 |   1,841,703 |   2,224,354 |  0.59 |  0.61 |  0.62 |  0.61 |     0.65 |  0.73
      Supplies .................|      4,584,754 |   5,764,061 |   6,513,488 |   7,132,494 |   8,175,671 |   8,593,120 |  2.27 |  2.36 |  2.55 |  2.64 |     2.86 |  2.84
      Other ....................|        633,656 |     598,269 |     664,360 |     913,963 |     689,745 |     835,787 |  0.31 |  0.25 |  0.26 |  0.34 |     0.24 |  0.28
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    Student support\4\ .........|      8,926,010 |  11,679,127 |  12,266,136 |  13,156,181 |  14,203,217 |  15,239,907 |  4.42 |  4.79 |  4.81 |  4.87 |     4.98 |  5.03
      Salaries .................|      6,565,965 |   8,519,771 |   8,885,707 |   9,514,899 |  10,336,316 |  11,010,542 |  3.25 |  3.49 |  3.48 |  3.52 |     3.62 |  3.64
      Employee benefits ........|      1,660,082 |   2,212,775 |   2,307,480 |   2,469,665 |   2,540,297 |   2,707,433 |  0.82 |  0.91 |  0.90 |  0.91 |     0.89 |  0.89
      Purchased services .......|        455,996 |     657,236 |     687,300 |     786,238 |     869,043 |   1,042,862 |  0.23 |  0.27 |  0.27 |  0.29 |     0.30 |  0.34
      Supplies .................|        191,482 |     238,876 |     247,262 |     271,861 |     333,256 |     351,480 |  0.09 |  0.10 |  0.10 |  0.10 |     0.12 |  0.12
      Other ....................|         52,485 |      50,469 |     138,387 |     113,518 |     124,305 |     127,590 |  0.03 |  0.02 |  0.05 |  0.04 |     0.04 |  0.04
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    Instructional staff         |                |             |             |             |             |             |       |       |       |       |          |
        services\5\ ............|      8,467,142 |   9,654,676 |  10,070,241 |  10,902,511 |  11,975,351 |  13,299,688 |  4.19 |  3.96 |  3.95 |  4.04 |     4.19 |  4.39
      Salaries .................|      5,560,129 |   6,162,669 |   6,418,530 |   6,864,925 |   7,473,475 |   8,212,069 |  2.75 |  2.53 |  2.52 |  2.54 |     2.62 |  2.71
      Employee benefits ........|      1,408,217 |   1,638,271 |   1,719,377 |   1,808,095 |   1,901,615 |   2,032,524 |  0.70 |  0.67 |  0.67 |  0.67 |     0.67 |  0.67
      Purchased services .......|        622,487 |     898,500 |     925,403 |   1,117,153 |   1,305,027 |   1,539,306 |  0.31 |  0.37 |  0.36 |  0.41 |     0.46 |  0.51
      Supplies .................|        776,863 |     872,394 |     918,189 |   1,019,998 |   1,130,937 |   1,294,956 |  0.38 |  0.36 |  0.36 |  0.38 |     0.40 |  0.43
      Other ....................|         99,445 |      82,842 |      88,743 |      92,340 |     164,296 |     220,834 |  0.05 |  0.03 |  0.03 |  0.03 |     0.06 |  0.07
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    General administration .....|      5,791,253 |   5,731,420 |   5,878,493 |   6,045,512 |   5,870,508 |   6,120,740 |  2.87 |  2.35 |  2.30 |  2.24 |     2.06 |  2.02
      Salaries .................|      2,603,562 |   2,808,090 |   2,901,172 |   2,964,163 |   2,805,887 |   2,928,027 |  1.29 |  1.15 |  1.14 |  1.10 |     0.98 |  0.97
      Employee benefits ........|        777,381 |     844,267 |     828,483 |     889,654 |     817,672 |     862,296 |  0.38 |  0.35 |  0.32 |  0.33 |     0.29 |  0.28
      Purchased services .......|      1,482,427 |   1,563,558 |   1,626,178 |   1,631,620 |   1,679,809 |   1,757,862 |  0.73 |  0.64 |  0.64 |  0.60 |     0.59 |  0.58
      Supplies .................|        172,898 |     177,448 |     185,831 |     191,821 |     180,464 |     173,157 |  0.09 |  0.07 |  0.07 |  0.07 |     0.06 |  0.06
      Other ....................|        754,985 |     338,056 |     336,828 |     368,254 |     386,677 |     399,398 |  0.37 |  0.14 |  0.13 |  0.14 |     0.14 |  0.13
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    School administration ......|     11,695,344 |  14,146,428 |  14,831,159 |  15,557,544 |  16,172,593 |  17,175,997 |  5.79 |  5.80 |  5.81 |  5.76 |     5.66 |  5.67
      Salaries .................|      8,935,903 |  10,680,024 |  11,156,460 |  11,703,253 |  12,230,104 |  13,007,594 |  4.42 |  4.38 |  4.37 |  4.33 |     4.28 |  4.29
      Employee benefits ........|      2,257,783 |   2,796,440 |   2,963,991 |   3,086,808 |   3,107,078 |   3,237,962 |  1.12 |  1.15 |  1.16 |  1.14 |     1.09 |  1.07
      Purchased services .......|        247,750 |     358,651 |     384,908 |     419,889 |     457,449 |     502,354 |  0.12 |  0.15 |  0.15 |  0.16 |     0.16 |  0.17
      Supplies .................|        189,711 |     243,681 |     256,857 |     280,176 |     298,535 |     335,854 |  0.09 |  0.10 |  0.10 |  0.10 |     0.10 |  0.11
      Other ....................|         64,197 |      67,632 |      68,943 |      67,419 |      79,427 |      92,233 |  0.03 |  0.03 |  0.03 |  0.02 |     0.03 |  0.03
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    Operation and maintenance ..|     21,290,655 |  24,542,922 |  25,724,062 |  26,837,270 |  27,952,899 |  29,383,542 | 10.54 | 10.06 | 10.08 |  9.93 |     9.79 |  9.70
      Salaries .................|      8,849,559 |  10,117,056 |  10,454,854 |  10,862,220 |  11,387,631 |  12,043,657 |  4.38 |  4.15 |  4.10 |  4.02 |     3.99 |  3.98
      Employee benefits ........|      2,633,075 |   3,027,306 |   3,129,632 |   3,225,659 |   3,237,453 |   3,356,546 |  1.30 |  1.24 |  1.23 |  1.19 |     1.13 |  1.11
      Purchased services .......|      5,721,125 |   7,261,776 |   7,698,704 |   7,944,475 |   7,758,819 |   8,379,725 |  2.83 |  2.98 |  3.02 |  2.94 |     2.72 |  2.77
      Supplies .................|      3,761,738 |   3,927,664 |   4,214,201 |   4,578,783 |   5,355,989 |   5,383,371 |  1.86 |  1.61 |  1.65 |  1.69 |     1.88 |  1.78
      Other ....................|        325,157 |     209,120 |     226,670 |     226,132 |     213,007 |     220,242 |  0.16 |  0.09 |  0.09 |  0.08 |     0.07 |  0.07
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    Transportation .............|      8,678,954 |   9,889,034 |  10,396,426 |  10,989,809 |  11,465,658 |  11,982,509 |  4.30 |  4.05 |  4.08 |  4.07 |     4.02 |  3.96
      Salaries .................|      3,285,127 |   3,775,214 |   3,933,969 |   4,133,895 |   4,350,345 |   4,571,334 |  1.63 |  1.55 |  1.54 |  1.53 |     1.52 |  1.51
      Employee benefits ........|        892,985 |   1,138,485 |   1,207,961 |   1,288,101 |   1,284,889 |   1,337,494 |  0.44 |  0.47 |  0.47 |  0.48 |     0.45 |  0.44
      Purchased services .......|      3,345,232 |   4,016,400 |   4,257,805 |   4,513,187 |   4,828,819 |   5,129,769 |  1.66 |  1.65 |  1.67 |  1.67 |     1.69 |  1.69
      Supplies .................|        961,447 |     800,344 |     836,450 |     879,912 |     872,326 |     830,176 |  0.48 |  0.33 |  0.33 |  0.33 |     0.31 |  0.27
      Other ....................|        194,163 |     158,590 |     160,239 |     174,714 |     129,279 |     113,737 |  0.10 |  0.07 |  0.06 |  0.06 |     0.05 |  0.04
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    Other support services\6\ ..|      5,587,837 |   6,708,262 |   7,039,408 |   7,553,988 |   8,834,605 |   9,782,578 |  2.77 |  2.75 |  2.76 |  2.80 |     3.09 |  3.23
      Salaries .................|      2,900,394 |   3,286,071 |   3,450,836 |   3,662,866 |   4,320,146 |   4,762,622 |  1.44 |  1.35 |  1.35 |  1.36 |     1.51 |  1.57
      Employee benefits ........|        980,859 |   1,136,286 |   1,182,229 |   1,202,286 |   1,315,716 |   1,382,938 |  0.49 |  0.47 |  0.46 |  0.45 |     0.46 |  0.46
      Purchased services .......|        798,922 |   1,262,449 |   1,362,961 |   1,472,586 |   1,937,341 |   2,223,785 |  0.40 |  0.52 |  0.53 |  0.55 |     0.68 |  0.73
      Supplies .................|        294,527 |     372,852 |     398,534 |     448,945 |     517,132 |     540,694 |  0.15 |  0.15 |  0.16 |  0.17 |     0.18 |  0.18
      Other ....................|        613,135 |     650,604 |     644,849 |     767,305 |     744,270 |     872,539 |  0.30 |  0.27 |  0.25 |  0.28 |     0.26 |  0.29
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    Food services ..............|      8,430,490 |  10,268,542 |  10,648,844 |  11,268,577 |  11,716,741 |  12,262,012 |  4.17 |  4.21 |  4.17 |  4.17 |     4.10 |  4.05
      Salaries .................|            --- |   3,697,705 |   3,844,285 |   3,975,765 |   4,134,433 |   4,351,776 |   --- |  1.52 |  1.51 |  1.47 |     1.45 |  1.44
      Employee benefits ........|            --- |   1,081,221 |   1,103,433 |   1,133,363 |   1,182,427 |   1,205,887 |   --- |  0.44 |  0.43 |  0.42 |     0.41 |  0.40
      Purchased services .......|            --- |     629,266 |     627,902 |     694,803 |     744,078 |     824,230 |   --- |  0.26 |  0.25 |  0.26 |     0.26 |  0.27
      Supplies .................|            --- |   4,718,569 |   4,916,299 |   5,324,747 |   5,517,283 |   5,748,950 |   --- |  1.93 |  1.93 |  1.97 |     1.93 |  1.90
      Other ....................|            --- |     141,782 |     156,924 |     139,900 |     138,520 |     131,169 |   --- |  0.06 |  0.06 |  0.05 |     0.05 |  0.04
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    Enterprise operations\7\ ...|        946,705 |     701,053 |     777,937 |     714,144 |     772,077 |     870,731 |  0.47 |  0.29 |  0.30 |  0.26 |     0.27 |  0.29
      Salaries .................|            --- |     165,562 |     179,360 |     172,528 |     194,208 |     189,484 |   --- |  0.07 |  0.07 |  0.06 |     0.07 |  0.06
      Employee benefits ........|            --- |      42,003 |      44,545 |      33,030 |      36,990 |      34,509 |   --- |  0.02 |  0.02 |  0.01 |     0.01 |  0.01
      Purchased services .......|            --- |     171,526 |     183,288 |     160,320 |     167,026 |     207,675 |   --- |  0.07 |  0.07 |  0.06 |     0.06 |  0.07
      Supplies .................|            --- |     246,541 |     269,046 |     261,109 |     285,560 |     337,028 |   --- |  0.10 |  0.11 |  0.10 |     0.10 |  0.11
      Other ....................|            --- |      75,420 |     101,697 |      87,157 |      88,293 |     102,034 |   --- |  0.03 |  0.04 |  0.03 |     0.03 |  0.03
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  Other current expenditures ...|      3,295,717 |   5,148,505 |   4,724,659 |   4,649,138 |   4,884,115 |   5,262,613 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
    Community services .........|        964,370 |   1,933,565 |   1,728,669 |   1,607,666 |   1,782,128 |   1,938,958 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
    Private school programs ....|        527,609 |     569,851 |     781,148 |     829,983 |     854,641 |     919,716 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
    Adult education ............|      1,365,523 |   1,460,149 |   1,500,438 |   1,457,779 |   1,487,927 |   1,589,147 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
    Community colleges .........|          5,356 |      83,573 |       7,746 |       8,290 |         144 |         176 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
    Other ......................|        432,858 |   1,101,367 |     706,657 |     745,420 |     759,275 |     814,616 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
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  Capital outlay\8\ ............|     19,771,478 |  24,456,100 |  27,555,667 |  31,429,074 |  36,168,090 |  39,526,645 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
  Interest on school debt ......|      4,324,768 |   5,518,131 |   6,259,480 |   6,898,536 |   7,777,445 |   8,196,236 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) |    (\2\) | (\2\)
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