Superintendents for N.J. charter schools able to skirt salary caps imposed by Christie
Published: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 6:35 PM Updated: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 6:35 PM
Gov. Chris Christie talks to students at the Robert Treat Academy in Newark in this January file photo. Christie announced the approval of new charter schools.TRENTON — While New Jersey's public schools are facing salary caps for their superintendents, charter schools don't have the same restrictions.
A report in The Record of Bergen County finds that that heads of some small charter schools earn more than $150,000. Gov. Chris Christie has limited public school superintendents of small districts to salaries of $120,000 to $135,000 or less.
Christie didn't respond to questions from the newspaper about the difference in policy.
Charter schools are publicly funded but