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The report emphasizes how education funds are spent, enabling comparisons between current and past patterns without additional calculations beyond raw data. 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This allows us and our members to look closely at how money is being spent and compare current and past trends to better prepare you for discussions of educational spending with community stakeholders and educational leaders in the state.  \nThere are many ways to view and evaluate expenditures in K 12 education. This report makes use of the data available through KSDE and does not include any additional calculations beyond the raw data points. Frequent readers of KASB reports may note differences in dollar amounts or categorization based on the focus of the piece at hand. The goal here is to provide a better understanding of the data available to any Kansan and what it says about the broad trendlines of educational spending in Kansas over the last half-decade.  \nIf you want more information about school funding trends in Kansas, explore the Resources section of our website or reach out to our staff for support.  \nMain Takeaways:  \n Looking at the latest expenditure data, which comes from the 2020-21 school year, both total and per-pupil spending is consistent with previous years and show increases that would be expected based on inflation.  \n There has been a fairly steady increase in district expenditures from year to year, with the bulk of spending going directly towards classroom instruction.  \n In 2020-21, districts spent an average of $15,525 per student. This includes $8,319 spent on instruction, which represents 53 .6% of total spending. However, per-pupil spending varies based on a variety of factors, both at the district level and also based on each individual student's needs.  \nDetails  \nFor the 2010-11 school year, Kansas public schools spent a total of $5,586,630,856. This number increased to $6,028,917,922 in 2015-16 and to $7,337,971, 102 in 2021-22. Those numbers are hard for the average person to even conceive of. Let’s break them down and see if we can make some sense of what this really means.  \nPer Pupil Spending: The best way to compare school spending year to year is to look at it on a perpupil basis. Table 1 shows the average per-pupil spending across the three years mentioned above. As can be seen, public schools spent an average of $12,288 per pupil in 2010-11, $13, 109 in 2015-16, and $15,525 in 2020-21 . This represents a 26% increase over 10 years, which averages out to about 2.6% each year.  \nSpending by Function: Now we know how much is spent, but what is all that money spent on? District spending includes expenditures in the following Function categories (definitions taken from [https://datacentral.ksde.org/cpfs_glossary.aspx](https://datacentral.ksde.org/cpfs_glossary.aspx):)[):](https://datacentral.ksde.org/cpfs_glossary.aspx):)  \n Instruction: Includes the activities dealing directly with the interaction between teachers and students. Teaching may be provided for students in a school classroom, in another location such as a home or hospital, and in other learning situations such as those involving co-curricular activities. Teaching may also be provided through some other approved medium such as twoway interactive video, television, radio, telephone, and correspondence. Included here are the activities of aides or classroom assistants of any type (clerks, graders, teaching machines, etc.) which assist in the instructional process.  \n Support Services – Students: Activities designed to assess and improve the well-being of students and to supplement the teaching process. Includes staff in attendance and social work services, substance abuse, guidance, health, psychology, speech pathology, and audiology.  \n Support Services – Instructional Staff: Activities associated with assisting the instructional staff with the content and process of providi","cbCaia22LelxOa4o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia22LelxOa4o","pdf",683959,"English","# Main Takeaways\n## Per Pupil Spending\n## Spending by Function\n### Instruction\n### Support Services\n### Central Services\n### Operations and Maintenance of Plant\n### Transportation\n### Other Support Services\n## Operation of Non-Instructional Services","[{\"question\":\"How does the report obtain Kansas school expenditure data?\",\"answer\":\"It compiles district expenditure data pulled each year from the Kansas State Department of Education’s Data Central site using KASB’s online tool for member access.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the report say about total and per-pupil spending over time?\",\"answer\":\"Latest expenditure data from the 2020-21 school year shows total and per-pupil spending consistent with prior years, with increases that align with inflation.\"},{\"question\":\"How is spending distributed across major functions in 2020-21?\",\"answer\":\"In 2020-21, districts spent an average of $15,525 per student, including $8,319 on instruction (53.6% of total spending), with the remainder allocated across other functions.\"}]","Kansas Public School Expenditures Show Consistent Trends Across the Years | PDF",1792051948]