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Financial Information on public elementary/secondary education


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The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), “National Public Education Financial Survey,” 1989–90, 2005–06, previously unpublished tabulation (July 2005).
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