Only in NJ: Questionable school spending raises legislators' hackles

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Besides the controversial cell phone provisions, the state's audit of Union City spending from 2004 to 2006 raised questions about dozens of expenditures totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Among other things, the report noted more than $300,000 in overtime payments to bus drivers; $26,000 for website development costs; the decision to spend $1,716 on a wall-mounted flat-screen television, and a $2,000 field trip to the "Medieval Times" theme restau rant.

Karrow said the Union City spending raises concerns about Gov. Jon Corzine's new formula for handing out $7 billion in state school aid, since the formula awards Union City an additional $20 million.
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