The Growing Cost of Public Schools in Kansas

There are four charts with important data on the cost of the government school system in Kansas from kindergarten through high school in this new spending section of Kansas Taxpayers Network's web site. Several of these charts are in .pdf format. Download the free reader here if you need one.

Public Comments on Education Spending

Administrator Salaries
Taken from a state survey conducted by the Kansas Department of Education. This is a downloadable Excel file.

Aggregate statewide expenditures and revenues
1989-1990 school year through 2002-2003.

State, local, and federal funds in aggregate and per pupil for all Kansas public school districts.
1989-1990 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-2004

Funding from Topeka per school district.
This chart excludes the statewide mill levy funding that began at 32 mills in 1993, gradually increased to 35 mills and was reduced to 27 mills in 1997 and 20 mills in 1998 until now. Excluding the statewide mill levy explains why funding per pupil in many cases is well below the $3,600 per pupil statewide base adopted in 1992 that rises to $3,863 per pupil per year in 2002-2003 school years.
1989-1992 | 1992-94 | 1994-96 | 1996-98 | 1998-2000 | 2000-02 | 2002-03

Regional State School Spending Percentage Growth
2000-2001 and Inflation

State K-12 Spending Growth and Consumer Price Index Growth
1987 to 2003

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