Governor Christie expects a new state budget will be enacted by the end of the month deadline.
Christie questions the specifics of the school funding proposal Democratic legislative leaders want resolved before acting on a budget bill.
But he's confident Democrats won't block a new budget and shut down state government.
"I don't think that the Democrats would be that irresponsible nor that politically stupid to close down the government in an election year. I just don't believe it will happen so I'm not worried about it."
Democratic leaders hope they'll be able to reach a school aid compromise with the governor.
Christie wants to get rid of the school aid formula he calls unfair but he doesn't have the Republican votes in the legislature to do that.
“We can play around the edges of the funding formula, but you can’t get rid of the funding formula until you get a Republican majority in the legislature. So, my guess is you won’t see any changes in that until you get to redistricting again in 2021.”