Any accounts of what happened? This used a whole lot of words to say almost nothing. It basically says it didn't work, but didn't go into any details of why beyond a high level complaint about beurocracy
Naive to think that the NJ teachers union would tolerate giving up even an inch of power to promote a public good? Where is the article lambasting the educators over the tremendous loss to the children of NJ because of a fight to control money they didn't earn?