Bill
A 5077
Extends pause on collecting new SGO and administrator-goals data in educator evaluations until N.J.A.C.6A:10 is readopted after Task Force review; districts use prior data.
Note: Although the bill header supplied with the request referenced municipal approval of asylum‑seeker facilities, the legislative text and committee statements attached to A5077 concern educator evaluations. This summary describes the actual content of A5077 as enacted.
Title
An Act concerning educator evaluations — extends pause on collection of student growth objective data and pauses collection of administrator goals data (amends P.L.2024, c.14; C.18A:6-123.1). Enacted as P.L.2025, c.79.
Purpose
To extend a statutory pause on collecting new student growth objective (SGO) data and to add a pause on collecting administrator goals data for educator evaluations until New Jersey’s evaluation regulations (N.J.A.C.6A:10) expire and are readopted following potential revisions recommended by the New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force.
Key provisions
- Pause on data collection: Prohibits teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice‑principals from collecting new SGO data or administrator goals data in the 2024–2025 school year and each school year thereafter until the next expiration and subsequent readoption of N.J.A.C.6A:10.
- Use of existing data: For evaluations during the pause, districts must use the most recent year’s existing SGO or administrator goals data when available.
- Required data exceptions:
- Educators in their first year in a district, educators without prior SGO/administrator goals records, and non‑tenured educators must set SGOs or administrator goals and collect data during the paused period.
- Tenure timing rule:
- Educators (teacher, principal, assistant principal, vice‑principal) eligible to attain tenure on or before February 15 of a school year are not required to set SGOs/administrator goals or collect new data for that school year; evaluations will use existing data from the most recent year in which the educator completed SGOs/administrator goals.
- Educators eligible to attain tenure after February 15 must set SGOs/administrator goals and collect data during that school year.
- Voluntary re‑measurement: An educator not required to complete annual SGOs/administrator goals under the pause may opt to complete new SGOs/administrator goals for one year. The results will be applied to that year’s summative evaluation and to subsequent years until the readoption of N.J.A.C.6A:10 unless the educator later elects to complete new objectives again. Educators must notify their supervisor and principal in writing by September 30 of the year they choose to complete new objectives/goals.
- Post‑readoption implementation: Beginning the first full school year after the next expiration and readoption of N.J.A.C.6A:10, districts must implement collection guidelines consistent with laws, rules, or regulations issued as a result of the Task Force’s recommendations.
Who is affected
- Public school teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice‑principals in New Jersey.
- School districts and administrators responsible for conducting evaluations and maintaining SGO/administrator goals records.
- New hires, non‑tenured staff, and educators approaching tenure (specific rules based on tenure‑eligibility date).
Timeline and implementation
- The pause is effective immediately upon enactment and continues until N.J.A.C.6A:10 next expires and is readopted (the readoption acts as the trigger to end the pause).
- Districts will implement any new guidelines in the first full school year after that readoption.
- Educators choosing to complete new objectives must notify by September 30 of that year.
Legislative history & status
- Introduced in Assembly: December 9, 2024.
- Reported by Assembly Education Committee with amendments: December 12, 2024.
- Passed Assembly: December 19, 2024 (61‑2‑8).
- Senate passage and committee action with amendments: May–June 2025.
- Passed both houses and approved: June 30, 2025.
- Enacted as law: P.L.2025, c.79; took effect immediately.
Sponsors and related legislation
- Sponsors (versions): Assemblywoman Carmen T. Morales; Assemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie; Assemblywoman Linda S. Carter; Senate cosponsors included Senators M. Teresa Ruiz and Andrew Zwicker on later reprints.
- Companion bill: S4375 (substituted and amended alongside A5077).
- Amends section 5 of P.L.2024, c.14 (C.18A:6-123.1).
Potential impacts and considerations
- Temporarily reduces the use of new quantitative student‑growth and administrator‑goal data in summative evaluations, pending regulatory revisions informed by the Task Force report.
- Preserves evaluation continuity by allowing use of most recent existing data, while ensuring new hires and non‑tenured staff remain subject to goal‑setting and measurement.
- May affect comparability of evaluation metrics across years and districts until regulations are readopted; districts will need to update procedures once new rules are promulgated.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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