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"Active commuting" has an obvious component of physical health, but is also simply something students can look forward to every day.

"A lot of schools are competing for the same seemingly limited pool of candidates," Sal Randazzo, coordinator of communications for the Deptford Township School District, told New Jersey 101.5.

NJ schools that will be acting as polling places in Tuesday's primary election will be closed and instead hold remote learning as a result of the TX school shooting.

School buses are covered by CDC rules for public transportation, and the federal agency says it's too soon to drop mask mandates.

Virtual learning days typically do not count toward New Jersey's 180-day school calendar minimum, but an executive order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy made an exception for rescheduling related to COVID in any way.

The state comptroller's office flagged problems in choosing a health plan. More than half the district's funds come from the state.

Different districts are looking a multiple ways to help students and their teachers relax and improve learning.

Federal education officials ordered New Jersey to restore millions of dollars in school funding cuts to as many as 81 school districts and charter schools.

NJ Department of Health data now goes beyond school-based outbreaks to report surveillance data on cases regardless of where the virus was caught.

The funding can cover capital maintenance or emergent needs. It comes from the state budget, not additional borrowing.