CHART 7 DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM UNITS ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF EXPENDITURE ILLINOIS CURRENT EXPENDITURE PER CLASSROOM UNIT $500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 100% PERCENTAGE OF CLASSROOM UNITS $500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 level has been more rapid than the increase in financial support for education. Also, the manpower situation is affecting education as it does other civilian undertakings which do not enjoy priorities. Now, going further, I will show certain data for different sections of the country. Senator WALSH. Have you the charts or the information showing the relative change in the assets of the States compared to the Federal Government? Dr. NORTON. You mean figures with reference to surpluses in some of the treasuries? Senator WALSH. Yes. Dr. NORTON. I do not have the figures at hand. I know what the general situation is, yes. PERCENTAGE OF CLASSROOM UNITS CHART 8-DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM UNITS ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF EXPENDITURE ARIZONA CURRENT EXPENDITURE PER CLASSROOM UNIT 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 $500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 Senator WALSH. Has there been an improvement in the financial standing of the States in recent years? Dr. NORTON. Well, that is a rather long and technical subject. Take a State like Mississippi, for example; that is at the bottom among the States, in terms of ability to finance education, and in terms of provision made for financing education I understand they have something like a $23,000,000 so-called surplus. Dr. Ivy. Only $15,000,000. Dr. NORTON. Thank you. Some of the Southern States have a relatively heavy debt. However, we figured out the other day how long the surplus that Mississippi has would be available if you began applying it to lifting the schools of Mississippi up to the average cost for the United States, and our figures showed it would last less than PERCENTAGE OF CLASSROOM UNITS CHART 9 - DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM UNITS ACCORDING TO LEVELS OF EXPENDITURE ARKANSAS CURRENT EXPENDITURE PER CLASSROOM UNIT $500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 100% 90 80 70 60 50 $500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,500 6,000 |