Mistakes happen. However, when there is a $400 million typo in the Garden State’s Race to the Top application, the mistake can cost dollars and now a job with the New Jersey Education Commission. The clerical error on the part of New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler has led to his very public firing. Schundler was a candidate for governor in 2001 and an outspoken proponent of education reform.
Although the state’s unemployment benefits, a temporary financial fix for those individuals out of work, will not equate to the $141,000 paycheck Bret Schdundler was receiving as Education Commissioner, the case of the clerical error is not over yet. Senate and Assembly Democrats plan on holding a hearing on how exactly the errors occurred.
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