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N.J. funding decision leaves few satisfied
- 05-31-2011
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By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week
A sharply divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that the state must provide more funding only to its 31 poorest urban school districts has reinforced a controversial split in the way schools are funded in that state, and left lawmakers wrestling with how to meet their legal funding obligation to the rest of the public schools. The May 24 ruling gave no one—except the poor urban districts—what they wanted. Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who sought to rein in school spending, must now swallow a court mandate to spend more. (more...)
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