In 1960, Kentucky had one of the highest dropout rates in the nation, and ranked second only to Arkansas in the number of one-room schools.[37] Fewer than half of the state's high school graduates attended college.[37] Many teachers educated in Kentucky sought higher salaries available in other states.[37] Combs' biennial budget, passed by the General Assembly in 1960, used money from the new sales tax to increase school funds by fifty percent and establish the state community college system (now the Kentucky Community and Technical College System).[36] It also increased funding for free textbooks by more than $3 million and allocated another $2 million to vocational education.[38] It allocated over $5 million to the state universities for new buildings and another $10.5 million to fund completion of the Albert B. Chandler Hospital, a facility at the University of Kentucky named in honor of Combs' political foe.[39]