Tale of the tape: NJ didn’t fix a mistake on grant application the way governor says it did
By APThursday, August 26, 2010
Video: NJ didn’t fix grant error as governor says
HADDONFIELD, N.J. — A video shows a piece of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s explanation about what went wrong when the state made a $400 million mistake on a grant application may also have been wrong.
The federal Department of Education announced Tuesday nine states and the District of Columbia had won coveted Race to the Top grants. New Jersey was the top runner-up.
The Republican governor acknowledged the error Wednesday and said he was upset the state was penalized even after giving the missing data to a federal education panel during an Aug. 11 presentation.
But President Barack Obama’s administration on Thursday released a video of the meeting contradicting that.
In the video, New Jersey education officials are asked about the omission but aren’t able to provide the right data on the spot.
Christie says he hasn’t seen the video.
