Corzine Would Boost Education Budget Nearly 5% ; $11.5b Plan Is More Than One-Third of Overall Spending

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 16, 2008

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TRENTON - Overall education spending would increase by nearly 5 percent next year, even as most state programs brace for budget cuts, under a plan proposed Monday by the Corzine administration.

The $11.5 billion education budget represents 35 percent of the $33.3 billion state budget proposed for fiscal year 2009, which begins July 1. The state's 2008 education budget is $11 billion.

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Corzine Would Boost Education Budget Nearly 5% ; $11.5b Plan Is More Than One-Third of Overall Spending

"The governor has made his priorities clear - and we are one of those priorities," Education Commissioner Lucille Davy said during a...

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