Summer school and the option to choose to repeat a grade are among the possibilities being considered in the Legislature after two years of disruptions.
A Senate bill would require the state to study the effects of remote schools on learning. Some education groups worry about piling on in a stressful time.
Legislation has been introduced in the Assembly that would move over into its own bill an amendment to downgrade penalties for psychedelic mushroom possession.
Senate votes 29-4 to decriminalize the posession of up to 6 ounces of marijuana. Assembly schedules a Monday voting session, but no word if a vote is planned.
Hallucinogenic ‘magic mushrooms’ were added to marijuana decriminalization legislation by a Senate committee. The bill is listed for a final vote Monday.
In response to lawsuits seeking refunds fromcolleges, lawmakers take up bills limiting responsibility to do that – and maybe grant immunity from liability.
To gauge how much ground students lost when the pandemic moved education online, the state will release short English, math and science exams this month.