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1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 366  Federal education support and estimated federal tax expenditures for education, by category: Fiscal years 1965 to 1999 [In millions of dollars]

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          |   Total    |                On-budget support\1\                  |     Off-budget support and nonfederal funds generated by federal legislation     ||
          | on-budget  |______________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________________________________||Estimated
          |  support,  |          |          |         |         |            |         |  Off-   |                 Nonfederal funds                             || federal
 Fiscal   | off-budget |          |          |         |         |            |         | budget  |______________________________________________________________||   tax
   year   |support, and|  Total   |Elementary|  Post-  |  Other  |  Research  |  Total  | support |          |Perkins |  Income  | Learning  |Supplemental|Work- || expendi-
          | nonfederal |          |   and    |secondary|education|     at     |         |_________| Federal  |Loans\4\|Contingent|Educational|Educational |Study ||  tures
          |   funds    |          |secondary |         |         |educational |         | Federal |  Family  |        | Loans\5\ |Assistance |Opportunity |Aid\8\||   for
          | generated  |          |          |         |         |institutions|         | Direct  |Education |        |          | Partner-  | Grants\7\  |      ||  educa-
          | by federal |          |          |         |         |            |         | Student |   Loan   |        |          | ships\6\  |            |      || tion\9\
          |legislation |          |          |         |         |            |         |Loans\2\ |Program\3\|        |          |           |            |      ||
__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|____________|_________|_________|__________|________|__________|___________|____________|______||__________
    1     |     2      |    3     |    4     |    5    |    6    |     7      |    8    |    9    |    10    |   11   |    12    |    13     |     14     |  15  ||    16
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          |                                                            Current dollars                                                                           ||
          |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________||__________
1965 .....|   $5,354.7 | $5,331.0 | $1,942.6 |$1,197.5 |  $374.7 |   $1,816.3 |   $23.7 |     --- |      --- |  $16.1 |      --- |       --- |        --- | $7.6 ||      ---
1970 .....|   13,359.1 | 12,526.5 |  5,830.4 | 3,447.7 |   964.7 |    2,283.6 |   832.6 |     --- |   $770.0 |   21.0 |      --- |       --- |        --- | 41.6 ||      ---
1975 .....|   24,691.5 | 23,288.1 | 10,617.2 | 7,644.0 | 1,608.5 |    3,418.4 | 1,403.4 |     --- |  1,233.0 |   35.7 |      --- |     $20.0 |        --- |114.7 || $8,605.0
          |            |          |          |         |         |            |         |         |          |        |          |           |            |      ||
1980 .....|   39,349.2 | 34,493.5 | 16,027.7 |11,115.9 | 1,548.7 |    5,801.2 | 4,855.7 |     --- |  4,598.0 |   31.8 |      --- |      76.5 |        --- |149.4 || 13,320.0
1981 .....|   44,296.7 | 36,621.3 | 15,903.7 |12,260.0 | 2,182.2 |    6,275.5 | 7,675.4 |     --- |  7,433.0 |   20.7 |      --- |      76.5 |        --- |145.2 || 16,380.0
1982 .....|   40,292.7 | 34,455.1 | 14,839.2 |11,023.3 | 1,995.1 |    6,597.4 | 5,837.5 |     --- |  5,597.0 |   19.8 |      --- |      72.0 |        --- |148.7 || 16,180.0
1983 .....|   41,709.4 | 34,883.9 | 14,527.8 |10,918.1 | 2,204.1 |    7,233.8 | 6,825.5 |     --- |  6,582.0 |   19.8 |      --- |      60.0 |        --- |163.7 || 16,725.0
1984 .....|   44,042.4 | 36,271.0 | 15,292.4 |10,329.7 | 2,710.4 |    7,938.6 | 7,771.4 |     --- |  7,520.0 |   17.9 |      --- |      76.0 |        --- |157.5 || 17,090.0
          |            |          |          |         |         |            |         |         |          |        |          |           |            |      ||
1985 .....|   47,753.4 | 39,027.9 | 16,901.3 |11,174.4 | 2,107.6 |    8,844.6 | 8,725.5 |     --- |  8,467.0 |   21.4 |      --- |      76.0 |        --- |161.1 || 19,105.0
1986 .....|   48,357.3 | 39,962.9 | 17,049.9 |11,283.6 | 2,620.0 |    9,009.4 | 8,394.4 |     --- |  8,142.0 |   20.2 |      --- |      72.7 |        --- |159.5 || 20,425.0
1987 .....|   50,724.6 | 41,194.7 | 17,535.7 |10,300.0 | 2,820.4 |   10,538.6 | 9,529.8 |     --- |  9,272.0 |   20.9 |     $0.6 |      76.0 |        --- |160.4 || 20,830.0
1988 .....|   54,078.9 | 43,454.4 | 18,564.9 |10,657.5 | 2,981.6 |   11,250.5 |10,624.5 |     --- | 10,380.0 |   20.6 |      0.5 |      73.0 |        --- |150.4 || 17,025.0
1989 .....|   59,537.4 | 48,269.6 | 19,809.5 |13,269.9 | 3,180.3 |   12,009.8 |11,267.8 |     --- | 10,938.0 |   20.4 |      0.5 |      71.9 |      $22.0 |215.0 || 17,755.0
          |            |          |          |         |         |            |         |         |          |        |          |           |            |      ||
1990 .....|   62,811.5 | 51,624.3 | 21,984.4 |13,650.9 | 3,383.0 |   12,606.0 |11,187.2 |     --- | 10,826.0 |   15.0 |      0.5 |      59.2 |       48.8 |237.7 || 19,040.0
1991 .....|   70,375.6 | 57,599.5 | 25,418.0 |14,707.4 | 3,698.6 |   13,775.4 |12,776.1 |     --- | 12,372.0 |   17.3 |      0.5 |      63.5 |       87.7 |235.0 || 18,995.0
1992 .....|   74,481.1 | 60,483.1 | 27,926.9 |14,387.4 | 3,992.0 |   14,176.9 |13,998.0 |     --- | 13,568.0 |   17.3 |      0.5 |      72.0 |       97.2 |242.9 || 19,950.0
1993 .....|   84,741.5 | 67,740.6 | 30,834.3 |17,844.0 | 4,107.2 |   14,955.1 |17,000.8 |     --- | 16,524.0 |   29.3 |      --- |      72.4 |      184.6 |190.5 || 21,010.0
1994 .....|   92,781.5 | 68,254.2 | 32,304.4 |16,177.1 | 4,483.7 |   15,289.1 |24,527.3 |  $813.0 | 23,214.0 |   52.7 |      --- |      72.4 |      184.6 |190.5 || 22,630.0
          |            |          |          |         |         |            |         |         |          |        |          |           |            |      ||
1995 .....|   95,810.8 | 71,639.5 | 33,623.8 |17,618.1 | 4,719.7 |   15,677.9 |24,171.2 | 5,161.0 | 18,519.0 |   52.7 |      --- |      63.4 |      184.6 |190.5 || 24,600.0
1996 .....|   96,832.9 | 71,327.4 | 34,391.5 |15,775.5 | 4,828.0 |   16,332.3 |25,505.5 | 8,357.0 | 16,711.0 |   31.1 |      --- |      31.3 |      184.6 |190.5 || 26,340.0
1997 .....|  103,259.8 | 73,731.8 | 35,478.9 |15,959.4 | 5,021.2 |   17,272.4 |29,528.0 | 9,838.0 | 19,163.0 |   52.7 |      --- |      50.0 |      184.6 |239.7 || 28,125.0
1998 .....|  107,407.3 | 76,506.0 | 37,486.2 |15,799.9 | 5,148.5 |   18,071.5 |30,901.3 |10,400.1 | 20,002.5 |   45.0 |      --- |      25.0 |      194.3 |234.4 || 29,540.0
1999\10\ .|  115,625.5 | 82,847.7 | 39,676.3 |18,186.7 | 5,757.5 |   19,227.2 |32,777.8 |11,363.0 | 20,921.2 |   33.3 |      --- |      25.0 |      195.9 |239.4 || 37,360.0
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          |                                                      Constant fiscal year 1999 dollars\11\                                                           ||
          |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________||__________
1965 .....|  $27,910.1 |$27,786.5 |$10,125.2 |$6,241.7 |$1,952.8 |   $9,466.8 |  $123.6 |     --- |      --- |  $84.0 |      --- |       --- |        --- |$39.6 ||      ---
1970 .....|   56,250.8 | 52,745.1 | 24,550.1 |14,517.1 | 4,062.1 |    9,615.7 | 3,505.7 |     --- | $3,242.2 |   88.3 |      --- |       --- |        --- |175.2 ||      ---
1975 .....|   73,034.9 | 68,883.9 | 31,404.6 |22,610.3 | 4,757.7 |   10,111.3 | 4,151.0 |     --- |  3,647.1 |  105.5 |      --- |     $59.2 |        --- |339.3 ||$25,452.7
          |            |          |          |         |         |            |         |         |          |        |          |           |            |      ||
1980 .....|   78,414.3 | 68,738.0 | 31,939.6 |22,151.5 | 3,086.3 |   11,560.5 | 9,676.3 |     --- |  9,162.8 |   63.3 |      --- |     152.4 |        --- |297.7 || 26,543.8
1981 .....|   79,970.0 | 66,113.5 | 28,711.4 |22,133.3 | 3,939.5 |   11,329.2 |13,856.5 |     --- | 13,419.0 |   37.3 |      --- |     138.1 |        --- |262.1 || 29,571.2
1982 .....|   68,017.0 | 58,162.8 | 25,049.7 |18,608.2 | 3,368.0 |   11,136.9 | 9,854.2 |     --- |  9,448.1 |   33.5 |      --- |     121.5 |        --- |251.0 || 27,313.0
1983 .....|   67,170.9 | 56,178.7 | 23,396.3 |17,583.0 | 3,549.7 |   11,649.7 |10,992.2 |     --- | 10,600.0 |   32.0 |      --- |      96.6 |        --- |263.6 || 26,934.7
1984 .....|   67,665.9 | 55,726.1 | 23,495.0 |15,870.3 | 4,164.2 |   12,196.6 |11,939.8 |     --- | 11,553.6 |   27.5 |      --- |     116.8 |        --- |242.0 || 26,256.8
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1985 .....|   70,687.9 | 57,771.8 | 25,018.5 |16,541.1 | 3,119.8 |   13,092.4 |12,916.1 |     --- | 12,533.5 |   31.7 |      --- |     112.5 |        --- |238.5 || 28,280.6
1986 .....|   69,625.9 | 57,539.4 | 24,548.9 |16,246.3 | 3,772.4 |   12,971.9 |12,086.4 |     --- | 11,723.0 |   29.1 |      --- |     104.7 |        --- |229.7 || 29,408.3
1987 .....|   71,074.5 | 57,721.4 | 24,570.8 |14,432.2 | 3,951.9 |   14,766.5 |13,353.1 |     --- | 12,991.8 |   29.3 |     $0.8 |     106.5 |        --- |224.8 || 29,186.7
1988 .....|   73,362.6 | 58,949.5 | 25,184.8 |14,457.8 | 4,044.7 |   15,262.2 |14,413.0 |     --- | 14,081.3 |   28.0 |      0.6 |      99.0 |        --- |204.0 || 23,095.8
1989 .....|   77,537.1 | 62,862.7 | 25,798.5 |17,281.7 | 4,141.8 |   15,640.7 |14,674.4 |     --- | 14,244.8 |   26.6 |      0.7 |      93.6 |      $28.7 |280.0 || 23,122.8
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1990 .....|   78,646.7 | 64,639.2 | 27,526.8 |17,092.4 | 4,235.9 |   15,784.1 |14,007.6 |     --- | 13,555.3 |   18.8 |      0.6 |      74.1 |       61.1 |297.6 || 23,840.1
1991 .....|   84,145.8 | 68,869.8 | 30,391.5 |17,585.2 | 4,422.3 |   16,470.8 |15,275.9 |     --- | 14,792.8 |   20.7 |      0.6 |      76.0 |      104.9 |281.0 || 22,711.7
1992 .....|   86,338.5 | 70,112.0 | 32,372.8 |16,677.9 | 4,627.5 |   16,433.8 |16,226.5 |     --- | 15,728.0 |   20.1 |      0.6 |      83.5 |      112.7 |281.6 || 23,126.0
1993 .....|   95,817.7 | 76,594.7 | 34,864.6 |20,176.3 | 4,644.0 |   16,909.8 |19,223.0 |     --- | 18,683.8 |   33.1 |      --- |      81.9 |      208.8 |215.4 || 23,756.1
1994 .....|  102,479.5 | 75,388.5 | 35,681.0 |17,868.0 | 4,952.4 |   16,887.2 |27,091.0 |  $898.0 | 25,640.5 |   58.2 |      --- |      80.0 |      203.9 |210.5 || 24,995.4
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1995 .....|  103,334.4 | 77,265.1 | 36,264.2 |19,001.6 | 5,090.3 |   16,909.0 |26,069.3 | 5,566.3 | 19,973.2 |   56.8 |      --- |      68.4 |      199.1 |205.5 || 26,531.7
1996 .....|  102,118.5 | 75,220.8 | 36,268.8 |16,636.6 | 5,091.6 |   17,223.8 |26,897.7 | 8,813.2 | 17,623.2 |   32.8 |      --- |      33.0 |      194.7 |200.9 || 27,777.8
1997 .....|  106,826.3 | 76,278.4 | 36,704.3 |16,510.6 | 5,194.6 |   17,868.9 |30,547.8 |10,177.8 | 19,824.9 |   54.5 |      --- |      51.7 |      191.0 |248.0 || 29,096.4
1998 .....|  109,273.8 | 77,835.5 | 38,137.6 |16,074.4 | 5,238.0 |   18,385.5 |31,438.3 |10,580.8 | 20,350.1 |   45.8 |      --- |      25.4 |      197.7 |238.5 || 30,053.3
1999\10\ .|  115,625.5 | 82,847.7 | 39,676.3 |18,186.7 | 5,757.5 |   19,227.2 |32,777.8 |11,363.0 | 20,921.2 |   33.3 |      --- |      25.0 |      195.9 |239.4 || 37,360.0
__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|____________|_________|_________|__________|________|__________|___________|____________|______||__________

\1\On-budget support includes federal funds for education programs tied to appropriations.
\2\The Federal Direct Student Loan (FDSL) program, recently renamed the William D. Ford Direct Loan program, provides students with the same benefits they are currently eligible to receive under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program but provides loans to students through federal capital rather than through private lenders. This program is an off-budget support program.
\3\Formerly the Guaranteed Student Loan program. New student loans guaranteed by the federal government and disbursed to borrowers.
\4\Student loans created from institutional matching funds (1/3 of the federal contribution). Excludes repayments of outstanding loans.
\5\Student loans created from institutional matching funds (1/9 of the federal contribution). This was a demonstration project that involved only 10 institutions and had unsubsidized interest rates.
\6\Formerly the State Student Incentive Grant program. Provides dollar-for-dollar required state matching contributions.
\7\Institutions award grants to undergraduate students, and the federal share of such grants may not exceed 75 percent of the total grant.
\8\Employer contributions to student earnings.
\9\Losses of tax revenue attributable to provisions of the federal income tax laws that allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or provide a special credit, preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability affecting individual or corporate income tax liabilities.
\10\Estimated.
\11\Data adjusted by the federal funds composite deflator prepared by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--To the extent possible, federal education funds data represent outlays rather than obligations. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, compiled from data appearing in U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, Appendix, fiscal years 1967 to 2000; National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, fiscal years 1965 to 1999; "Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for Education, Selected Fiscal Years, FY 1975 to FY 1990," by Stephen M. Barro, and "Federal Tax Expenditures, FY 1975 to FY 2001," by Richard Phelps, both prepared for the National Center for Education Statistics; and unpublished data obtained from various federal agencies. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


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