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New Jersey awarded $28.5 million to 35 “public and public-mission private institutions” across the state as part of a grant program to increase the number of students who complete college.
The $28.5 million for the “Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge” is from the U.S. Department of Education through the second round of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding. The money will go toward tackling barriers to students’ success and developing “sustainable systemic reforms.”
The state is sending another $1 million combined to 11 public institutions as part of the “Hunger-Free Campus.” The money goes to address students’ “food insecurity” at public schools by, in part, raising the awareness of available on-campus services.
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Working from home during pandemic
Despite a recent setback in the courts, Gov. Phil Murphy said the fight for residents whose income has been taxed by New York despite working from home in New Jersey during the coronavirus pandemic is still a priority.
But what exactly happens next and how aggressive New Jersey ends up getting with its neighbor across the Hudson River remains to be seen.
Last year, the Murphy administration backed New Hampshire’s bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to block Massachusetts from taxing New Hampshire residents who were employed by companies based in Massachusetts but working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.