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4-21-10 Assoc. Press 'NJ voters reject majority of school budgets'
"TRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie, urging local school districts to check spending and teachers to accept pay freezes, won a major victory as voters in most New Jersey towns rejected school budgets. According to unofficial results, voters turned down 260 of 479 budgets in 19 counties Tuesday night. Budgets were on the ballots in 537 districts across the state's 21 counties." The defeats mean municipal governments who rarely deal with education issues will have to wrestle with the school budgets. The last time voters defeated a majority of school budgets was in 1976 , the year before the state started collecting income taxes to subsidize schools. In the last few years, around three-fourths of the budgets proposals have been approved by voters in elections known for low turnout.
"TRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie, urging local school districts to check spending and teachers to accept pay freezes, won a major victory as voters in most New Jersey towns rejected school budgets. According to unofficial results, voters turned down 260 of 479 budgets in 19 counties Tuesday night. Budgets were on the ballots in 537 districts across the state's 21 counties." The defeats mean municipal governments who rarely deal with education issues will have to wrestle with the school budgets. The last time voters defeated a majority of school budgets was in 1976 , the year before the state started collecting income taxes to subsidize schools. In the last few years, around three-fourths of the budgets proposals have been approved by voters in elections known for low turnout.
