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I need information on the amount per child spent on public school education compared to pre-schools and prisons. I have tried to find websites about this topic but am coming up empty handed. Also please list references, so that I may go back and add more information if necessary.

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Several quick links that I have found put average per pupil spending at $7222 per year for Federally funded Head Start programs. There is also a really good link to a more extensive study that may be useful for your paper and I am posting below:

http://nieer.org/yearbook/pdf/yearbook_methodology.pdf

I am sure that the per person (inmate) spending is much higher($22650 ...

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