An Update on: Estimating the Impact of the EduJobs Proposal on States PDF - This ECS StateNote updates information on the proposal in the United States House of Representatives would create an "education jobs fund" which many are calling the EduJobs program. This program would provide $22.47 billion to states to create or save education positions in K-12 public schools. (Mike Griffith, Education Commission of the States, May 2010)...

Digest of Education Statistics 2008 - The digest provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Data includes total state spending on education, as well as yearly education spending on capital outlay projects. (National Center for Education Statistics, March 2009)...

Digest of Education Statistics 2007 - This report provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Selected findings include: (1) enrollment, state regulations and achievement in public elementary and secondary schools; (2) federal programs; (3) outcomes of education; and (4) international comparisons. (National Center for Education Statistics, March 2008)...

Digest of Education Statistics, 2004 - The digest provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Data includes total state spending on education, as well as yearly educational spending on capital outlay projects. (National Center for Education Statistics, October 2005)...

Public Education Finances 2003 - Data in this report include revenues, expenditures, debt and assets - cash and security holdings - of elementary and secondary public school systems nationally and by state. According to this report, U.S. expenditures for public elementary and secondary education totaled over $453 billion. (U.S. Census Bureau, March 2005)...

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2002-03 - Approximately $440 billion in revenue was raised to fund public education for grades pre-kindergarten through 12th in the 2002-03 school year. This report presents data for public elementary and secondary schools on: (1) revenues; (2) percentage distribution of revenue; (3) current expenditures; (4) percentage distribution of current expenditures; (5) student membership and current expenditure per pupil; (6) current expenditures for instruction; and (7) total expenditures. Data are disaggregated for each state and outlying area, and other indicators starting on page 6. (Jason Hill and Frank Johnson, National Center for Education Statistics, April 2005)...

Federal, State, and Local Governments: 2002 Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data - These statistical tables contain data on education spending based on the 2002 Census of Governments. The tabulations present data on revenue, expenditure, debt and assets for all individual public elementary and secondary school systems. The data show that state governments contributed the greatest share of public elementary and secondary school funding -- $207.4 billion -- followed by local sources at $179.7 billion. The federal government was the third largest contributor at $32.7 billion. The District of Columbia spent the most in per-student expenditures followed by New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The lowest per-pupil spending amounts were in Utah, Mississippi, Arizona, Idaho and Tennessee. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2004)...

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2001-02 - This publication provides 50-state information on local, state and federal revenues for public K-12 education, including the dollar amounts received; the percentage of revenues received from state, federal and local sources, respectively; dollar amounts of 2001-02 expenditures by function (instruction, support services and non-instruction)Dollar amounts allocated to instruction in the 50 states are broken out for specific costs (salaries, employee benefits, purchased services, tuition to out-of-state and private schools, supplies and other), as are such operating costs as facilities acquisition and construction. (Crecilla Cohen and Frank Johnson, National Center for Education Statistics, June 2004)...