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| Table 156. | Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: Selected years, 1919-20 through 2002-03 |
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Purpose of expenditures | 1919-20| 1929-30| 1939-40| 1949-50| 1959-60| 1969-70| 1979-80| 1989-90| 1999-2000| 2001-02\1\| 2002-03
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| Amounts in thousands of dollars
|__________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ ___________ ___________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Total expenditures ......|$1,036,151|$2,316,790|$2,344,049|$5,837,643|$15,613,255|$40,683,429|$95,961,561| $212,769,564| $381,838,155| $435,364,404| $454,905,783
|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
Current expenditures for | | | | | | | | | | |
public elementary and | | | | | | | | | | |
secondary education .......| 861,120| 1,843,552| 1,941,799| 4,687,274| 12,329,389| 34,217,773| 86,984,142| 188,229,359| 323,888,508| 368,378,006| 387,592,494
Administration .............| 36,752| 78,680| 91,571| 220,050| 528,408| 1,606,646| 4,263,757|\2\ 16,346,991|\2\ 25,079,298|\2\ 28,309,047|\2\ 29,751,958
Instruction ................| 632,556| 1,317,727| 1,403,285| 3,112,340| 8,350,738| 23,270,158| 53,257,937|\2\ 113,550,405|\2\ 199,968,138|\2\ 226,668,386|\2\ 237,731,734
Plant operation ............| 115,707| 216,072| 194,365| 427,587| 1,085,036| 2,537,257| 9,744,785|\2\ 20,261,415|\2\ 31,190,295|\2\ 34,829,109|\2\ 36,830,517
Plant maintenance ..........| 30,432| 78,810| 73,321| 214,164| 422,586| 974,941| (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\)
Fixed charges ..............| 9,286| 50,270| 50,116| 261,469| 909,323| 3,266,920| 11,793,934| --- | --- | --- | ---
Other school services\4\ ...| 36,387| 101,993| 129,141| 451,663| 1,033,297| 2,561,856| 7,923,729|\2\ 38,070,548|\2\ 67,650,776|\2\ 78,571,464|\2\ 83,278,285
Other current expenditures ...| 3,277| 9,825| 13,367| 35,614| 132,566| 635,803| 597,585| 2,982,543| 5,457,015| 6,530,554| 6,873,755
Summer schools .............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 13,263| 106,481| 24,753| --- | --- | --- | ---
Adult education\5\ .........| 3,277| 9,825| 13,367| 35,614| 26,858| 128,778| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Community colleges .........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 34,492| 138,813| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Community services .........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 57,953| 261,731| 572,832| --- | --- | --- | ---
Capital outlay\6\ ............| 153,543| 370,878| 257,974| 1,014,176| 2,661,786| 4,659,072| 6,506,167| 17,781,342| 43,357,186| 49,960,542| 48,940,374
Interest on school debt ......| 18,212| 92,536| 130,909| 100,578| 489,514| 1,170,782| 1,873,666| 3,776,321| 9,135,445| 10,495,301| 11,499,160
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| Percentage distribution
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Total expenditures ......| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
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Current expenditures for | | | | | | | | | | |
public elementary and | | | | | | | | | | |
secondary education .......| 83.1| 79.6| 82.8| 80.3| 79.0| 84.1| 90.6| 88.5| 84.8| 84.6| 85.2
Administration .............| 3.5| 3.4| 3.9| 3.8| 3.4| 3.9| 4.4|\2\ 7.7|\2\ 6.6|\2\ 6.5|\2\ 6.5
Instruction ................| 61.0| 56.9| 59.9| 53.3| 53.5| 57.2| 55.5|\2\ 53.4|\2\ 52.4|\2\ 52.1|\2\ 52.3
Plant operation ............| 11.2| 9.3| 8.3| 7.3| 6.9| 6.2| 10.2|\2\ 9.5|\2\ 8.2|\2\ 8.0|\2\ 8.1
Plant maintenance ..........| 2.9| 3.4| 3.1| 3.7| 2.7| 2.4| (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\)
Fixed charges ..............| 0.9| 2.2| 2.1| 4.5| 5.8| 8.0| 12.3| --- | --- | --- | ---
Other school services\4\ ...| 3.5| 4.4| 5.5| 7.7| 6.6| 6.3| 8.3| 17.9| 17.7| 18.0| 18.3
Other current expenditures ...| 0.3| 0.4| 0.6| 0.6| 0.8| 1.6| 0.6| 1.4| 1.4| 1.5| 1.5
Summer schools .............| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.1| 0.3| # | --- | --- | --- | ---
Adult education\5\ .........| 0.3| 0.4| 0.6| 0.6| 0.2| 0.3| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Community colleges .........| (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | 0.2| 0.3| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Community services .........| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 0.4| 0.6| 0.6| --- | --- | --- | ---
Capital outlay\6\ ............| 14.8| 16.0| 11.0| 17.4| 17.0| 11.5| 6.8| 8.4| 11.4| 11.5| 10.8
Interest on school debt ......| 1.8| 4.0| 5.6| 1.7| 3.1| 2.9| 2.0| 1.8| 2.4| 2.4| 2.5
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---Not available. #Rounds to zero. \1\Data are revised from previously published figures. \2\Data not comparable to figures prior to 1989-90. \3\Plant operation also includes plant maintenance. \4\Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services. \5\Prior to 1959-60, data shown for adult education represent combined expenditures for adult education, summer schools, and community colleges. \6\Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local school housing authorities. NOTE: Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1989-90, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1989-90, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 and 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2002-03. (This table was prepared July 2005.)
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