NEBR. FY 1999-2000 GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
Local Tax Relief Aid FY1999-00 % of General Fund
State Aid to Schools 582,917,129 24.9%
Special Education 130,647,473 5.6%
ESU Core Services/Technology 12,700,000 0.5%
Gifted Education 3,075,000 0.1%
Community Colleges 56,558,722 2.4%
Teachers Retirement 13,987,426 0.6%
Aid to Municipalities 17,531,500 0.7%
Homestead Exemption 32,190,737 1.4%
Property Tax Relief 5,600,479 0.2%
Wards of the Court 9,568,739 0.4%
Other 13,253,768 0.6%
Total Local Tax Relief 878,030,973 37.5%
Aid to Individuals
Public Assistance 117,197,774 5.0%
Medicaid 316,468,988 13.5%
Other 12,306,274 0.5%
Total Aid to Individuals 445,973,036 19.0%
Other State Aid
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse 5,272,999 0.2%
Community Mental Health 16,312,911 0.7%
Developmental Disabilities 44,450,169 1.9%
Aid to Aging 4,392,645 0.2%
Library Development 1,357,089 0.1%
Water & Soil Conservation 4,242,555 0.2%
Safe Drinking Water Loans 2,272,587 0.1%
Other 7,400,197 0.3%
Total Other State Aid 85,701,152 3.7%
Postsecondary Education Operations
Coordinating Commission 1,022,159 0.0%
State Colleges/Board Office 30,492,099 1.3%
University of Nebraska 371,576,647 15.9%
Total Postsecondary Education Operations 403,090,905 17.2%
State Government Operations
State Government Operations 457,960,064 19.5%
Capital Construction
Capital Construction 73,328,319 3.1%

Source: Nebraska State Budget Office, 2001