admitted fewer scholars than in 2008. On July 20, 2006, the Governor's School for International Studies was cancelled due to an outbreak of whooping cough among the students. This closure marked the first premature end of any New Jersey Governor's School program. Reductions in programs On October 10, 2008, the Governor's School of New Jersey website stated, "There will be no Governor's School of the Arts in 2009. It is hoped that this School may be reinstituted for the Summer of 2010." The School of the Arts has not yet reopened. According to the website as of 2013, "the Governor’s School of Public Issues and Governor’s School of International Studies ceased operations in" 2009, and "the Governor's School on the Environment did not operate in Summer 2011." Since 2012, only the two schools of the Sciences, and of Engineering and Technology continue to operate. Admission Students must be nominated by the guidance counselor in the high school. An interested student should speak with the guidance counselor in September of his/her junior year to express an interest in applying to the program. The program is open to all public, private, and parochial schools in New Jersey, and to all home-schooled students who live in New Jersey. Since its inception in 1983, the program has served over 11,000 students. Typically 400-500 students per program apply, and approximately 85-100 students are accepted into each program each year. The 2013 Governor's School of the Sciences accepted 85 students out of 400 applicants. The 2014 Governor's School of Engineering and Technology offered admission to 88 students from over 325 finalists. All had first to be nominated by their respective high schools. In 2016, due to large cutbacks, the Governor's School of the Sciences could only accept 58 students, from applicants from more than 300 schools across New Jersey. Applicants had to first be nominated by their school, and depending on the size of the school, only one to three students could be nominated. Curriculum In the School of the Sciences, scholars participate in a team project, an elective, and three core courses, which can range from molecular orbital theory to human evolution to special relativity. Available team projects included experiments in psychology, physics/math, and kinetics. The team projects are set up by team project leaders, who are usually professors. The scholars then either design their own experiments or they follow other preset experiments. By the