Outlays from the U.S. Department of Education, in constant dollars, for elementary, secondary, postsecondary education; other educational programs; and education research and statistics.
National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics. The NCES’s figures are based on data from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government.
Data include outlays to local education agencies, state education agencies, postsecondary students, postsecondary institutions, federal institutions, vocational education organizations, federal programs at libraries and museums, American Indian tribes, private nonprofit agencies, and banks.
The data reflect an increase in postsecondary expenditures in 2006, which resulted primarily from an accounting adjustment. Outlays are adjusted for inflation using the price index for Gross Domestic Product. See Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts tables.