N.J. Democrats push ahead with hearing to 'dissect' Race to the Top error
Published: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 7:44 AM Updated: Saturday, September 04, 2010, 8:24 AM
TRENTON — Assembly Democrats have called upon nearly everyone in the state who might have laid a hand on the failed Race to the Top application — from the governor’s chief of staff down to the person who hand-delivered it to Washington, D.C. — to testify at a hearing Tuesday.
The hearing is an attempt to "dissect" an error that cost the state $400 million in federal education funding and "avoid future missteps," according to a press release the Democrats issued late Friday.
That session, as well as one planned by Senate Democrats, will prolong an issue Gov. Chris Christie had declared over.
Former education commissioner Bret Schundler, who said he made the error while editing the state’s application, was invited to