The chairman of the National Governors Association gets to select an initiative for the group for the year ahead. Gov. Phil Murphy chose youth mental health.
In just three months, more than 500 faculty and staff statewide have been trained to identify and learn how to attempt to alleviate the various signs and symptoms of a mental health crisis.
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said at a time in their lives when teenagers want to put their best foot forward for college applications, a 7:30 calculus class does them no favors.