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| Table 2. | Expenditures in public plementary and secondary education in the United States by expenditure category: 1989–90 and 2005–2006 |
| Expenditure category | Dollar amounts (in thousands) | As percent of total expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | 2005–06 | 1989–90 | 2005–06 | ||
| Total expenditures | $212,769,564 | $528,734,539,408 | 99.8 | 100.0 | |
| Instruction and instruction related | 121,356,642 | 296,104,516,405 | 57.0 | 56.1 | |
| Student support | 7,806,238 | 23,356,970,935 | 3.7 | 4.4 | |
| Administration | 21,336,069 | 48,663,019,907 | 10.0 | 9.2 | |
| Operations | 37,270,990 | 81,470,416,791 | 17.5 | 15.4 | |
| Capital outlay and interest on debt | 21,557,662 | 71,721,854,424 | 10.1 | 13.6 | |
| Other programs | 2,982,543 | 7,417,760,946 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates are revised from previous publications. Supplemental note 1 identifies the states in each region. See supplemental note 11 for further information about revenue types. See supplemental note 3 for more information about the Common Core of Data (CCD). | |||||
| 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The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1989–90, 2005–06, previously unpublished tabulation (July 2005). | |||||