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Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Education at a Glance, 2004.
This graph shows that on secondary education (per student) the United States spends more than 17 other nations.
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Sources: NCES, "Common Core of Data," surveys and unpublished data.
This graph shows that federal funding for Title I, which provides grants to help disadvantaged children, rose from under $3 billion in 1980 to more than $7 billion in 2000 and nearly $14 billion in 2005.
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Source: NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, 2003.
* No data available for 1966-67 and 1968-69.
This graph shows that average education expenditures per pupil (for fall enrollment) rose from $3,400 in 1965 to $8,745 in 2001.
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Sources: 2006 U.S. Budget, Historical Tables.
This graph shows that spending on education from all sources—local, state, federal, and others—rose from $249 billion in 1990-91 to $442.7 billion in 2000-01 and $501.3 billion in 2003-04.
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Funding under NCLB. Detail in next chart.
Sources: 2006 U.S. Budget, Historical Tables.
This graph shows that the federal investment in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act rose from under $2 billion in 1966 to $15 billion in 2000 and $25 billion in 2005.
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Sources: 2006 U.S. Budget, Historical Tables.
Note: FY 2001 is the baseline year—the last year of federal funding for elementary and secondary education prior to funding under NCLB.
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* Under IDEA, Part B, Grants to States.
Sources: 2006 U.S. Budget, Historical Tables.
This graph shows that federal grants from special education rose from under $250 million in 1977 to $5 billion in 2000 nearly $12 billion in 2005.
