Archived Information

School Finance: Statistical Comparisons

FY98 Per Pupil Expenditures

November 9, 1999

Dear Colleagues and Interested Parties:

Enclosed is the annual "Per Pupil Expenditures" booklet, which includes the final FY98 Per Pupil Expenditure by Program tabulations and additional tables that provide various perspectives concerning spending that occurred during the 1997-1998 school year. The report includes the following measures:

• Integrated Operating Cost Per Pupil
• Summary of All Day Programs
• Regular Day Expenditures Per Pupil by Grade Level
• Special Education Expenditures Per Pupil, by Prototype
• Bilingual Program Expenditures Per Pupil, by Grade Level
• Functional Costs Per Pupil, Selected Instructional and Non-Instructional Areas

This information is based upon numbers submitted on the FY98 End-of-Year Pupil and Financial Report in the fall of 1998 as well as any final amendments that districts filed as a result of our review of the information, up through the amendment deadline of June 30, 1999.

The entire booklet can be obtained in electronic format on our school finance web site (http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/). If you have questions or comments, I encourage you to contact Phyllis Rogers in our School Finance office at 781-338-6534 (progers@doe.mass.edu)

Sincerely,

David P. Driscoll
Commissioner of Education

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