With pandemic-related disruptions now in their 10th month without an end date in sight, state lawmakers last weeks endorsed two packages of bills addressing the mental health on students both in K-12 schools and college.
Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, D-Camden said there’s never been a greater need for this type of legislation, as a bad problem has been made worse by school closures and remote learning.
“While we are still learning about the ways in which the virus can affect our body, its impact on mental health is pushing us into another crisis, the mental health crisis, and it’s hitting our children the hardest,” Greenwald said.