A month after the State Board of Education raised the score needed to pass the new NJGPA, an Assembly panel voted to make it a field test for current juniors.
An earlier bill had parents decide if kids should stay back due to the pandemic. Now there would be a consultation, with superintendents making final call.
Travel and tourism industries say New Jersey should spend as much as $75 million from its federal COVID-19 funds on ad campaigns urging visits to the state.
State lawmakers don't know much yet about the increasingly popular world of competitive video gaming, a.k.a. esports, but they know New Jersey should be part of the fun.