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*Updated 6/16/2022 with Gov. Murphy's announcement. The ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program will replace the Homestead Rebate, making an additional 2 million homeowners and renters eligible for property tax relief.

New Jersey has approximately 600 public school districts throughout the 8,722 square miles of the state. These districts are presently composed of 2,493 schools. The Garden State’s top law enforcement official, acting state Attorney General Matthew Platkin has directed the New Jersey State Police and all 21 county prosecutors in the state to “increase law enforcement presence at schools throughout New Jersey effective immediately.”

A new day dawns in the schools of New Jersey. Teachers, students, and staff are permitted to forego masks in their classrooms at the sole discretion of their district's individual policy. This decision comes two years after the beginning of the global pandemic which has killed more than 900,000 people in the nation.