NJ Gov fires education chief after missing out on federal funds - report

08-27-2010

Wall Street Journal

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner, Bret Schundler, Friday after he refused to resign when the state missed out on nearly $400 million in funding from the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reported. The Garden State application was denied points after it supplied data from the wrong year. Schundler was fired because he allegedly misled Christie during his explanation of what went wrong. Christie asked Schundler to explain the steps he took earlier this week before publicly rising to his defense. Christie said the education commissioner had told him he attempted to answer a botched question during the state's presentation to the U.S. Department of Education. However a video released from the agency contradicted Schundler's account, the Star-Ledger reported. (more…)

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