* Does not include expenditures for special education instruction.
** Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerks.
Sources: Nebraska Department of Education, Annual Finance Reports; U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index.

Year	Expenditures for Regular Instruction*	Percentage of change	Inflation: CPI-U** Percent Change	Real growth
1989-90	$621,345,049
1990-91	$663,709,789	6.82%	5.4%	1.42%
1991-92	$691,413,273	4.17%	4.2%	-0.03%
1992-93	$724,573,137	4.80%	3.0%	1.80%
1993-94	$763,593,515	5.39%	3.0%	2.39%
1994-95	$808,223,904	5.84%	2.6%	3.24%
1995-96	$830,247,257	2.72%	2.8%	-0.08%
1996-97	$847,264,953	2.05%	3.0%	-0.95%
1997-98	$859,878,918	1.49%	2.3%	-0.81%
1998-99	$888,135,935	3.29%	1.6%	1.69%