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N.J. Gov. Murphy Signs Executive Order Waiving Student Assessment Requirements for 2019-2020 School Year
April 08, 2020
TRENTON, New Jersey, April 8 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:

Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 117, which waives 2019-2020 statutory school year assessment requirements for eighth grade students and twelfth grade students who have not yet met the graduation assessment requirement due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

"As a state, we must continue to adapt to the new reality that COVID-19 has created in our state, . . .

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