Summary
IT STARTED as a somewhat noble, if not a naively idealistic plan. It ended up as one of the biggest boondoggles in state history and exhibit No. 1 in the case against overreaching court mandates, government mismanagement and likely political corruption.
The issue is the $8.6 billion of taxpayer money largely squandered by the Schools Construction Corp., a body created by former Gov. James McGreevey to comply with the 1998 state Supreme Court ruling ordering the Legislature to fully fund the rehabilitation or replacement of 429 school buildings in the 28 most disadvantaged urban school districts.See the full content of this document
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Finding Justice in Scc Fiasco
The court tried to solve intractable social problems by forcing lawmakers to spend unprecedented amounts of taxpayer money. Instead of solving education problems, the courts created a huge opportuni...
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