>Christie’s increase in school aid is detailed
By Rita Giordano
Inquirer Staff Writer
The Christie administration released new school aid numbers Tuesday that detail Gov. Christie’s $850 million increase in state education funding.
The increase was disclosed last week with the governor’s $900 million in line-item vetoes on the fiscal 2012 budget passed by the Legislature, but the district-by-district breakdown was not.
The governor’s $850 million increase in school aid is less than the more than $1 billion the Legislature wanted but more than the $250 million increase Christie proposed in the winter.