The following summary is from ASBO International:

The UPI (4/2) reports that according to new Census Bureau data released Tuesday, the "average spending on public-school students rose to $9,138 per pupil, an increase of $347, between 2005 and 2006." Based on "a survey of more than 15,000 public school districts," the report found per-pupil spending "on a statewide average ranged from more than $14,000" to a "low of $5,437."

        "New York led all other states and Washington, D.C., in public school spending for the second straight year," the New York Post (4/2, Gonen) points out. The state spent "$14,884 -- 63 percent higher than the national average." Placing second was New Jersey, which spent "$14,630 per kid."

        According to the Washington Times (4/2, Fagan), the "$13,446-per-pupil spending in 2006 ranked the District as the third highest in the country." The survey also that "public school systems across the country received $521.1 billion from all sources in 2006, a 6.7 percent increase from 2005," with roughly "47 percent of the money" coming from "state governments, 44 percent from local sources, and nine percent from the federal government."

        "Ohio spent $9,598 per student, up 3.7 percent from the previous year," Ohio's Cincinnati Enquirer (4/2, Fischer) pointed out. The report found that during "the 2005-06 school year more than half -- 50.4 percent -- of all education revenue in Ohio came from local sources, chiefly property taxes. That's considerably higher than the national average."

        The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/1, Borsuk) noted that Wisconsin ranked 19th in overall spending, with an average of $53.33 per pupil. The state "collected the 17th highest amount per student in taxes to pay for education in 2005-06, the U.S. Census Bureau said." However, a "decade earlier, the state ranked 11th, and education revenue per student was almost $800 more than the average." Meanwhile, "Wisconsin ranked 49th in federal revenue (out of 51, including the District of Columbia), with $668 per student." The Sentinel added that while "[t]here was no explanation offered for the state's low ranking," Wisconsin "generally is at the bottom of any list related to federal assistance, and much of the education aid from the federal government is pegged to poverty, which is low overall in Wisconsin."