Murphy first spoke to the New York Times about his planned announcement.
The governor and officials are scheduled to hold a 1 p.m. coronavirus briefing Monday.
The policy will allow students and school officials to be unmasked as of March, two years after the pandemic gripped the states and particularly the tri-state region.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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