Christie touts education spending in Ramapo visit

By Melissa Hayes, State House Bureau, The Record.

Governor Christie, center, speaking Tuesday during a visit to Ramapo College in Mahwah.
State-of-the art science, technology, engineering and mathematics laboratories, technology classrooms and an upgraded wireless network are among the improvements Ramapo College is making with the help of nearly $20 million in state funds.

Governor Christie visited the school in Mahwah on Tuesday to highlight the upgrades. There are 176 projects at 46 higher education institutions across the state funded through a $1.3 billion higher education bond referendum, which voters approved last year.

Christie, a Republican running for a second term, has already been to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark and The College of New Jersey in Ewing, as he tours the state bringing attention to the projects.

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