Target: Standards for per-pupil expenditures

[Douglas Heath <elnheath@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

Dear Colleagues,
    Our district librarians are preparing an informational presentation on
school library budgets.  We've included our per-pupil expenditures and those
of neighboring districts, but we were all under the impression that there
are some national standards which we might cite.  Searching the archives and
checking the ALA site have not produced results.  I read in the October
School Library Journal that California's new initiative will provide $27.
per pupil.  In that same SLJ, an article on school libraries in New Orleans
made the statement that the national average per pupil for library materials
is $26.  Can anyone point me to documented national norms or official
standards set by an organization?  Yes, I surely will post a hit :-)
    Thanks for being there.
    Ellen Heath, Librarian, Orchard School, Ridgewood, NJ

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