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| Table 159. | Summary of expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by purpose: 1919-20 to 1993-94 |
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Purpose of expenditures | 1919-20 | 1929-30 | 1939-40 | 1949-50 | 1959-60 | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1989-90 | 1992-93\1\ | 1993-94
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
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| Amounts in thousands of dollars |
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Total expenditures, all schools .|$1,036,151 | $2,316,790 | $2,344,049 | $5,837,643 |$15,613,255 |$40,683,429 | $95,961,561 |$212,473,108 |$252,934,872 |$265,285,370
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Current expenditures, all schools .| 864,396 | 1,853,377 | 1,955,166 | 4,722,887 | 12,461,955 | 34,853,578 | 87,581,727 | 190,915,446 | 225,326,558 | 236,203,299
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Public elementary and secondary | | | | | | | | | |
schools .......................| 861,120 | 1,843,552 | 1,941,799 | 4,687,274 | 12,329,389 | 34,217,773 | 86,984,142 | 187,932,903 | 220,948,052 | 231,521,500
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Administration ................| 36,752 | 78,680 | 91,571 | 220,050 | 528,408 | 1,606,646 | 4,263,757 | --- | --- | ---
Instruction ...................| 632,556 | 1,317,727 | 1,403,285 | 3,112,340 | 8,350,738 | 23,270,158 | 53,257,937 | --- | --- | ---
Plant operation ...............| 115,707 | 216,072 | 194,365 | 427,587 | 1,085,036 | 2,537,257 |\2\ 9,744,785 | --- | --- | ---
Plant maintenance .............| 30,432 | 78,810 | 73,321 | 214,164 | 422,586 | 974,941 | (\2\) | --- | --- | ---
Fixed charges .................| 9,286 | 50,270 | 50,116 | 261,469 | 909,323 | 3,266,920 | 11,793,934 | --- | --- | ---
Other school services\3\ ......| 36,387 | 101,993 | 129,141 | 451,663 | 1,033,297 | 2,561,856 | 7,923,729 | --- | --- | ---
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Other current expenditures | | | | | | | | | |
Summer schools .................| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 13,263 | 106,481 | 24,753 | 2,982,543 | 4,378,506 | 4,681,799
Adult education\4\ .............| 3,277 | 9,825 | 13,367 | 35,614 | 26,858 | 128,778 | --- | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
Community colleges .............| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 34,492 | 138,813 | --- | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
Community services .............| (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | 57,953 | 261,731 | 572,832 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
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Capital outlay\6\ .................| 153,543 | 370,878 | 257,974 | 1,014,176 | 2,661,786 | 4,659,072 | 6,506,167 | 17,781,342 | 22,171,768 | 23,747,022
Interest on school debt ...........| 18,212 | 92,536 | 130,909 | 100,578 | 489,514 | 1,170,782 | 1,873,666 | 3,776,321 | 5,436,547 | 5,335,049
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| | Percentage distribution | | | |
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Total expenditures, all schools .| 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, all schools .| 83.4 | 80.0 | 83.4 | 80.9 | 79.8 | 85.7 | 91.2 | 89.9 | 89.1 | 89.0
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Public elementary and secondary | | | | | | | | | |
schools .......................| 83.1 | 79.6 | 82.8 | 80.3 | 79.0 | 84.1 | 90.6 | 88.5 | 87.4 | 87.3
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Administration ................| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | --- | --- | ---
Instruction ...................| 61.0 | 56.9 | 59.9 | 53.3 | 53.5 | 57.2 | 55.5 | --- | --- | ---
Plant operation ...............| 11.2 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 |\2\ 10.2 | --- | --- | ---
Plant maintenance .............| 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | (\2\) | --- | --- | ---
Fixed charges .................| 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 12.3 | --- | --- | ---
Other school services\3\ ......| 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.3 | --- | --- | ---
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Other current expenditures | | | | | | | | | |
Summer schools .................| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 0.1 | 0.3 | (\7\) | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8
Adult education\4\ .............| 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | --- | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
Community colleges .............| (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 0.2 | 0.3 | --- | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
Community services .............| (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | (\3\) | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\)
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Capital outlay\6\ .................| 14.8 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.0
Interest on school debt ...........| 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Plant operation also includes plant maintenance. \3\Prior to 1959-60, items included under "other school services" were listed under "auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification that also included community services. \4\Prior to 1959-60, data shown for adult education represent combined expenditures for adult education, summer schools, and community colleges. \5\Included under summer schools. \6\Prior to 1969-70, excludes capital outlay by state and local schoolhousing authorities. \7\Less than 0.05 percent. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Beginning in 1959-60, includes Alaska and Hawaii. Beginning in 1980-81, state administration expenditures were excluded from both "total" and "current" expenditures. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 1996.)
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