Now roll it back!

It's about time that we start seeing the "most powerful" Governor in the country start standing up to an out of control judiciary.

The New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday allowed the state to freeze aid to its 31 poorest school districts in order to balance the budget, but also gave the districts a right to appeal for more funding.

The unanimous ruling came on the same day acting Education Commissioner Lucille Davy told lawmakers the Corzine administration is working on plans to overhaul the state's school funding for mula completely by July 2007.

Now the State is finally admitting the boondogle that the Abbott districts are.

The justices also ordered the Department of Education to go ahead with planned audits of four special needs districts: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Camden. Farber candidly told the justices that the state has "neglected its responsibility to provide sufficient fis cal oversight" and said the audits are needed to ensure that poor districts are properly spending billions of dollars in aid.

It's time to redo school funding in this state.