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A 5075

Requires the owner of certain sites to establish and maintain an environmental maintenance trust fund

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Keith Brown and 1 co-sponsor

The bill creates a three-year School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program to mentor novice school supervisors through a one-year cycle, using a nonprofit administrator and $500,000

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Bill Summary · A 5075

Note: The bill title shown in the request (regarding an environmental maintenance trust fund) does not match the bill text and committee documents provided. The materials supplied describe Assembly Bill A5075 as a measure to establish a School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program. The summary below reflects the bill content in the documents.

A5075 — School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program (Reprint AAP 6/19/25)

Status: Reported with amendments; substituted by S3933 (1R) 6/30/2025
Introduced: 12/09/2024
Primary sponsor: Keith Brown (cosponsor David McDonough)
Related: S3933 (companion); A6152 (prior-session)

Purpose

Establish a three‑year pilot program to strengthen the school leadership pipeline by supporting and developing novice supervisors through a one‑year mentoring cycle.

Key provisions

  • Creates a three‑year School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program administered by a nonprofit partner and overseen by the Commissioner of Education.
  • Defines “novice supervisor” as an appropriately certified individual in their first year in a supervisory role responsible for directing or guiding teaching staff.
  • Program guidelines must be based on the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (Council of Chief State School Officers and National Policy Board for Educational Administration).
  • A partnering nonprofit organization with mentoring expertise will administer the program and, per committee amendment, annually select cohorts of participants.
  • Participants will be assigned to one of three groups (bill does not specify group purposes) and must meet with a mentor selected by the nonprofit for at least 15 hours over the school year; participants also engage in additional professional learning as available.
  • Novice supervisors apply to participate in a form and manner determined by the Commissioner.
  • At the conclusion of the pilot, the Commissioner, in coordination with the nonprofit, must report to the Governor and Legislature on program effectiveness, include feedback from mentors and mentees, and recommend whether the program should continue.

Funding & fiscal impact

  • Appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education to implement the pilot.
  • Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates a State expenditure increase of up to $500,000 in year one; unspent amounts may be expended over the following two fiscal years until the appropriation is exhausted.

Who is affected

  • Novice supervisors in school districts, charter schools, and renaissance schools.
  • The Department of Education (oversight), the selected nonprofit administrator, mentors, and participating school communities (indirectly students and staff).

Timeline and implementation

  • The act takes effect immediately but first applies to the first full school year following enactment; the Commissioner may take anticipatory administrative actions before that school year.
  • The program runs three years with an annual cohort and a one‑year mentoring cycle per cohort.
  • Final reporting obligation is at the conclusion of the pilot period.

Notable amendment

  • Committee amendment (Assembly Appropriations) shifted cohort selection authority from the Commissioner to the partnering nonprofit organization.

This summary is based on the bill text, committee statements, and OLS fiscal notes included in the provided materials.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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