Expenditures

The following schedule presents a summary of General Fund and Special Revenue Funds expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997, (expressed in thousands) and the amounts (expressed in thousands) and percentages of increases (decreases) in relation to prior year expenditures:



Expenditures
1996-97

During fiscal year 1995-96, the Department of Education purchased school buses to transport children using Capital Improvement Bond proceeds. Education expenditures decreased during fiscal year 1996-97 when the school bus project was completed.

Administration of Justice expenditures increased with the construction of the Kershaw Correctional Institution and renovations to existing facilities. Expenditures for correctional officer salaries and for health services and rehabilitation of inmates also increased.

Debt Service expenditures for Capital Improvement Bond principal payments increased for two refunding bond issues. As older debt is retired by the paying agent when scheduled, more funds are available to pay the newer debt on the refunding issues.