How much money does the United States on education??? Preschool to college??? Need the closest to the actual #

Question

I need to know how much money the u.s. government spends on education. Not approxamately or and estimate. closest # to the actual amount. THX

Answer 1

118,904,658,699 for 2007 US Federal spending

http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/...

PS Of course there are state and local spending as well.  However, the figures will be partially duplicated.  See the following under funding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_i...