NJ Spotlight published the following article on 7/28/2014. To read the full article, click here.
State Auditor Cries Foul Over Failure to Fill County School Superintendent Posts
Calling out Gov. Chris Christie on a long-disputed issue, the state auditor has accused his administration of violating the law by failing to staff county school offices as required by statute.
At issue is the appointment of county executive school superintendents for each of New Jersey’s 21 counties, which the Christie administration has not done since the earliest years of his first term.
The state auditor, a function of the state Legislature’s Office of Legislative Services, said in a report on school administrative spending released last week that just three superintendents were serving just one county, while six were responsible for two counties each and three were each covering three counties.
The report said the county school offices have continued to function. But current superintendents said they were overburdened by having to cover more than one county – and they raised the possibility that the state has suffered, as well, because there is less oversight of local school districts and their budgets.
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