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Table 368. U.S. Department of Education outlays, by level of education and type of recipient: Fiscal years 1980 to 2002 [In millions of current dollars]

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                                   |           |   Local   |   State   |  College  |Postsecondary|           | Multiple  |
    Year and area of education     |    Total  | education | education |  students |institutions |  Federal  |   types   |   Other
                                   |           | agencies  |  agencies |           |             |           |    of     |
                                   |           |           |           |           |             |           |recipients |
___________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
                 1                 |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |      6      |     7     |      8    |     9
___________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
    1980 total ....................| $13,137.8 |  $5,313.7 |  $1,103.2 |  $2,137.4 |    $2,267.2 |    $249.8 |    $693.8 |  $1,372.7
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   6,629.1 |   5,309.4 |     662.2 |      34.2 |        22.0 |      62.5 |     513.4 |      25.5
Postsecondary education ...........|   5,682.2 |           |      99.5 |   2,103.2 |     2,166.5 |           |           |   1,313.0
Other programs ....................|     747.7 |       4.3 |     341.5 |           |             |     187.3 |     180.4 |      34.2
Education research and statistics .|      78.7 |           |           |           |        78.7 |           |           |         
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|===========|===========|===========
    1982 total ....................|  14,109.3 |   5,425.8 |   1,414.2 |   1,610.2 |     1,951.8 |     268.3 |     535.4 |   2,903.6
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   6,456.3 |   5,420.8 |     593.8 |      48.9 |        21.9 |       2.6 |     340.3 |      27.9
Postsecondary education ...........|   6,418.8 |           |     196.6 |   1,561.3 |     1,847.7 |           |           |   2,813.2
Other programs ....................|   1,152.0 |       5.0 |     623.8 |           |             |     265.7 |     195.1 |      62.5
Education research and statistics .|      82.2 |           |           |           |        82.2 |           |           |         
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|===========|===========|===========
    1984 total ....................|  15,534.7 |   5,256.5 |   1,879.0 |   2,193.4 |     2,167.4 |     330.2 |     516.7 |   3,191.4
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   6,220.8 |   5,252.4 |     536.0 |      55.5 |        35.3 |      22.9 |     259.9 |      58.8
Postsecondary education ...........|   7,341.2 |           |     211.5 |   2,137.9 |     1,972.5 |           |           |   3,019.3
Other programs ....................|   1,813.1 |       4.1 |   1,131.5 |           |             |     307.3 |     256.8 |     113.3
Education research and statistics .|     159.6 |           |           |           |       159.6 |           |           |         
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|===========|===========|===========
    1986 total ....................|  17,740.1 |   6,435.1 |   1,823.3 |   2,685.9 |     2,637.2 |     265.4 |     625.8 |   3,267.5
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   7,552.0 |   6,432.1 |     558.5 |      68.3 |        45.2 |       2.2 |     372.0 |      73.8
Postsecondary education ...........|   8,444.9 |           |     215.6 |   2,617.6 |     2,523.0 |           |           |   3,088.7
Other programs ....................|   1,674.2 |       3.0 |   1,049.2 |           |             |     263.2 |     253.8 |     105.0
Education research and statistics .|      69.0 |           |           |           |        69.0 |           |           |         
                                   |===========|===========|===========|===========|=============|===========|===========|===========
    1988 total ....................|  18,326.9 |   6,614.8 |   2,234.6 |   3,103.4 |     2,519.5 |     319.4 |     838.8 |   2,696.3
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   8,098.4 |   6,606.3 |     717.9 |      66.2 |        39.5 |      23.8 |     616.7 |      28.0
Postsecondary education ...........|   8,247.1 |           |     184.6 |   3,037.2 |     2,437.6 |           |           |   2,587.7
Other programs ....................|   1,939.0 |       8.5 |   1,332.1 |           |             |     295.6 |     222.1 |      80.6
Education research and statistics .|      42.4 |           |           |           |        42.4 |           |           |         
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    1990 total ....................|  23,198.6 |   8,000.7 |   2,490.3 |   3,859.6 |     3,649.8 |     441.4 |     912.2 |   3,844.4
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|   9,681.3 |   7,995.0 |     700.3 |      80.5 |        85.4 |     113.1 |     650.7 |      56.3
Postsecondary education ...........|  11,176.0 |           |     261.6 |   3,779.1 |     3,475.0 |           |           |   3,660.4
Other programs ....................|   2,251.8 |       5.7 |   1,528.5 |           |             |     328.3 |     261.5 |     127.8
Education research and statistics .|      89.5 |           |           |           |        89.5 |           |           |         
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    1994 total ....................|  29,713.4 |  10,935.6 |   3,264.8 |   4,800.5 |     4,831.3 |     504.5 |   1,258.2 |   4,118.5
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  13,769.2 |  10,929.2 |   1,354.0 |     159.9 |       275.2 |      60.9 |     902.1 |      87.9
Postsecondary education ...........|  12,871.4 |           |      53.0 |   4,640.6 |     4,279.3 |           |           |   3,898.5
Other programs ....................|   2,796.0 |       6.4 |   1,857.8 |           |             |     443.6 |     356.1 |     132.1
Education research and statistics .|     276.8 |           |           |           |       276.8 |           |           |         
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    1995 total ....................|  31,403.0 |  11,210.7 |   3,584.0 |   4,964.7 |     5,016.1 |     485.4 |   1,349.2 |   4,792.9
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  14,029.0 |  11,203.3 |   1,410.0 |     190.5 |       170.1 |      70.3 |     946.9 |      37.9
Postsecondary education ...........|  14,234.0 |           |     250.8 |   4,774.2 |     4,567.0 |           |           |   4,642.0
Other programs ....................|   2,861.0 |       7.4 |   1,923.2 |           |             |     415.1 |     402.3 |     113.0
Education research and statistics .|     279.0 |           |           |           |       279.0 |           |           |         
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    1996 total ....................|  29,977.8 |  11,077.8 |   3,669.6 |   5,129.8 |     5,053.4 |     562.1 |   1,682.3 |   2,802.9
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  14,323.8 |  11,073.1 |   1,650.7 |     161.1 |       141.5 |      59.2 |   1,201.4 |      36.8
Postsecondary education ...........|  12,257.6 |           |      90.7 |   4,968.7 |     4,601.0 |           |           |   2,597.2
Other programs ....................|   3,085.6 |       4.7 |   1,928.2 |           |             |     502.9 |     480.9 |     168.9
Education research and statistics .|     310.9 |           |           |           |       310.9 |           |           |         
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    1998 total ....................|  31,559.0 |  12,094.5 |   3,978.2 |   5,362.0 |     5,910.2 |     465.8 |   1,769.0 |   1,979.3
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  16,001.8 |  12,086.7 |   1,920.5 |     265.5 |       162.4 |      52.7 |   1,454.7 |      59.3
Postsecondary education ...........|  12,122.3 |           |      57.8 |   5,096.5 |     5,206.6 |           |           |   1,761.4
Other programs ....................|   2,893.7 |       7.8 |   1,999.9 |           |             |     413.1 |     314.3 |     158.6
Education research and statistics .|     541.2 |           |           |           |       541.2 |           |           |         
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    2000 total ....................|  34,106.7 |  16,016.0 |   4,316.5 |   4,711.7 |     5,005.7 |     506.6 |   1,820.2 |   1,730.1
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  20,039.6 |  16,003.5 |   1,989.6 |     260.5 |       198.9 |      48.5 |   1,461.8 |      76.8
Postsecondary education ...........|  10,727.3 |           |      55.2 |   4,451.2 |     4,690.3 |           |           |   1,530.6
Other programs ....................|   3,223.4 |      12.5 |   2,271.7 |           |             |     458.1 |     358.4 |     122.7
Education research and statistics .|     116.5 |           |           |           |       116.5 |           |           |         
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    2002 total ....................|  46,324.4 |  19,742.1 |   4,967.8 |   8,306.0 |     8,668.2 |     608.9 |   2,200.3 |   1,831.3
                                   |___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________
Elementary/secondary ..............|  25,246.2 |  19,729.2 |   2,429.8 |     490.0 |       454.9 |      77.6 |   1,829.5 |     235.3
Postsecondary education ...........|  17,056.2 |           |     199.2 |   7,816.0 |     7,588.1 |           |           |   1,452.9
Other programs ....................|   3,396.8 |      12.9 |   2,338.8 |           |             |     531.3 |     370.8 |     143.1
Education research and statistics .|     625.2 |           |           |           |       625.2 |           |           |         
___________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_____________|___________|___________|___________

Not applicable.

NOTE: Negative amounts occur when program receipts exceed outlays. Other recipients include American Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies and banks. Outlays by type of recipient are estimated based on obligation data. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Years 1982 to 2003, and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, Fiscal Years 1980 to 2002; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared June 2003.)


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