N.J. Desegregation-Aid Program on Chopping Block
In justifying Gov. Christine Todd Whitman's decision to eliminate New Jersey's desegregation-aid program, Commissioner of Education Leo Klagholz has accused the preceding administration of improperly distributing the aid for political gain.
The state education department invited applications for the desegregation-aid grants, but then allocated them to districts according to a predetermined list of intended recipients, Mr. Klagholz asserted last month in a letter to Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg, one of the program's defenders.
Robert J. Swissler, who oversaw desegregation aid and other discretionary school-funding programs during the administration of Gov. James J. Florio, said in an interview last week that he had never seen or heard...
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