The Barnegat Township School District is asking the state to reevaluate its recent mandate requiring all New Jersey students in kindergarten through 12th grade to wear masks in school this fall, regardless of vaccination status.

Although Gov. Phil Murphy had initially left it up to school districts to decide, he tightened the restrictions due to the recent and rampant spread of the Delta variant and the fact that no child younger than 12 is yet eligible to be vaccinated.