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Table 2. Expenditures in public elementary and secondary education in the United States, by expenditure category: Fiscal years 1990 and 2005

Expenditure category Dollar amounts (in thousands)   As percent of total expenditures
FY 1990 FY 2005   FY 1990 FY 2005
Total expenditures  $212,769,564 $499,068,816 99.8 100.0
 
Instruction and instruction related   121,356,642 279,960,659 57.0 56.1
Student support  7,806,238 22,106,047 3.7 4.4
Administration  21,336,069 46,764,972 10.0 9.4
Operations  37,270,990 75,730,418 17.5 15.2
Capital outlay and interest on debt   21,557,662 66,842,049 10.1 13.4
Other programs  2,982,543 7,664,672 1.4 1.5
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989–90, 2004–05, previously unpublished tabulation (July 2005).