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Chris Christie fires education secretary - Abby Phillip - POLITICO.com
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By dismissing Schundler, however, Christie reneged on his pledge earlier this week to take the blame himself because, as governor, he is ultimately responsible for everything that happens here. And on Tuesday, Christie slammed the Obama administration for checking boxes like mindless drones and disqualifying an otherwise top-level application for what amounts to a clerical error.
Education department officials said New Jersey lost crucial points because it provided information about the upcoming 2010-11 school year not the 2008-09 school year as the application required. Christie conceded that his state made a mistake, but argued that one error in a 1,000-page application should not be used to keep his state from hundreds of millions of dollars for its schools.
Still, the Department of Education is holding firm. The deadline was July 1, the application wasnt correct, and New Jersey wont get a do-over.
Schundler reportedly told The (Newark) Star Ledger that he asked to be fired, rather than submit his resignation, so that he could collect unemployment benefits.
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