The New Jersey School Boards Association said there are a number of complicating factors, including transportation costs, extracurricular activity scheduling, and impact on younger students.
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.
A legal advocacy group that tangles frequently with the state over school funding and education issues is pushing the Murphy administration to suspend the graduation testing requirement for a third straight year due to the pandemic.