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New Jersey to mandate masks for students and staff. Pennsylvania will leave the decision to districts.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy previously had said he would leave it up to individual districts to decide whether students should wear masks.

Nathania Mazahreh, 16, wipes down the desk in her English class at Holy Cross Prep Academy, Delran, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday that all K-12 students will have to wear masks in New Jersey
Nathania Mazahreh, 16, wipes down the desk in her English class at Holy Cross Prep Academy, Delran, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday that all K-12 students will have to wear masks in New JerseyRead moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer