A one-page error in the state's failed application for a large federal education grant not only may have cost New Jersey $400 million, it also has reignited Gov. Chris Christie's ongoing feud with the state's teachers union.
Christie admitted the error was his administration's responsibility, but he criticized the Obama administration and the New Jersey Education Association for their responses to the application and the mistake it contained.
The application, which was for a portion of federal Race to the Top grants being offered to states by the Obama administration, required a comparison of state education spending in 2008 and 2009. The state instead submitted budget figures for 2010 and 2011. The error cost the state 4.8 points on 500-point scale. That was more than the difference between New Jersey and Ohio, which was the lowest-scoring state to be awarded the grant.
Christie faulted the Obama administration's lack of "common sense" for not accepting verbal confirmation of the correct fiscal year numbers not included in the faulty paperwork.
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