TAG Spending by States 2006-7

State	Identified G/T students	total spending $	per capita spending
Alabama	32,390	2,300,000	$                      71.01
Arizona	75,121	3,192,500	$                      42.50
California	512,698	54,000,000	$                     105.33
Colorado	56,133	7,700,000	$                     137.17
Connecticut	9,082	100,000	$                      11.01
Georgia	181,058	197,182,317	$                  1,089.06
Hawaii	9,538	745,410	$                      78.15
Idaho	14,610	8,510,000	$                     582.48
Indiana	106,263	5,836,340	$                      54.92
Iowa	40,523	30,608,832	$                     755.34
Kansas	14,376	11,846,869	$                     824.07
Kentucky	113,671	7,100,000	$                      62.46
Louisiana	19,848	30,000,000	$                  1,511.49
Michigan	52,756	285,000	$                        5.40
Missouri*	37,324	0	$                             -
Montana	8,686	150,000	$                      17.27
Nebraska	42,212	2,800,000	$                      66.33
New Mexico	13,056	32,955,541	$                  2,524.17
North Carolina	150,000	53,000,000	$                     353.33
Ohio	286,604	47,200,000	$                     164.69
Oklahoma	103,546	48,636,241	$                     469.71
South Carolina*	81,878	29,257,829	$                     357.33
Texas	343,158	77,191,366	$                     224.94
Virginia	160,603	27,685,985	$                     172.39
Washington	35,600	6,500,000	$                     182.58
TOTAL	2,500,734	684,784,230	$                     273.83

 

*All states that reported both spending and number of identified TAG students are included.  Missouri and South Carolina report total number served, not identified.  Ohio reports both, but the number served is substantially lower than the number identified. The latter number is used.  Oregon did not report and was not included.

 

For the 2006-7 school year:

 

12 states spent more than $10 million

Georgia spent the most overall, but two other states spent more per capita

 

Assuming 41,000 TAG students in Oregon:

If we allocated as much per student as Idaho, we'd spend about $24 million per year, or

$48 million per biennium (Idaho raised its TAG funding substantially from $500,000 in 2004-5 to $8.5 million last year).
If we allocated as much per student as California, we'd spend over $4 million per year or $8 million per biennium

If we allocated as much per student as Washington, we'd spend $7.5 million per year or $15  million per biennium.

 

Among 25 states and governments reporting both their total spending and EITHER the number of TAG students identified OR the number of TAG students served, average spending was  $273.83

 

If Oregon funded TAG at the average level, we'd spend about $11 million per year or $22 million per biennium.

 

        Source: National Association for Gifted Children, State of the States, 2006-7