Secretary of Education Rick Rosenberg, appointed by Governor Jon Corzine, created the Education Advancement Initiative (EAI) to increase college admission rates by 10% for New Jersey's high school students, decrease dropout rates by 15%, and increase the amount of money devoted to schools by 10%.
In 2010 the state government paid all of the teachers' premiums for health insurance,[REF] but currently all NJ public teachers pay a portion of their own health insurance premiums.