Among the $1.7 billion in spending added to Gov. Phil Murphy's original budget plan, with little public notice, are new line items totaling $593 million.
Only 1/3 of N.J. schools are fully open for in-person learning. Most are still hybrid.
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Steven Sylvester a maintenance worker disenfects desks between classes at Delaware Valley Regional High School in Frenchtown. Today was the first full day of classes for staff and students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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Only about one-third of New Jersey schools are fully in-person as of this week, as Gov. Phil Murphy pushes all of the state’s schools to reopen and sharply criticized the 15 districts that have remained totally virtual.
As of May 4, 450 school districts were hybrid, 15 were remote and 298 were fully in-person the sixth week in a row the number of in-person districts increased. Forty-eight districts have different educational formats for different schools.