LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
SENATE, No. 3933
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: JUNE 26, 2025
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Establishes School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program; appropriates $500,000. |
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Type of Impact: |
Three-year State expenditure increase. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Department of Education. |
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Fiscal Impact |
Year 1 |
Years 2 and 3 |
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State Expenditure Increase |
Up to $500,000 |
Indeterminate |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that the bill will result in a State expenditure increase of up to $500,000 in the first year the bill is in effect. If the full $500,000 is not expended in the first year, the residual amount will be spent in the two subsequent fiscal years until the full $500,000 is exhausted.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill would create a three-year pilot program intended to strengthen school leadership ranks by training and mentoring new school supervisors in a yearlong program. To accomplish this, the bill requires the department to develop guidelines for the pilot program based upon the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders and enter into a partnership with a nonprofit organization, with expertise in providing professional mentoring services to school leaders, to administer the program. Finally, the bill would appropriate $500,000 to implement the pilot program.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that the bill will result in a State expenditure increase of up to $500,000 in the first year the bill is in effect. If the full $500,000 is not expended in the first year, the residual amount will be spent in the two subsequent fiscal years until the full $500,000 is exhausted. The appropriation is intended to allow the Department of Education to develop guidelines and to partner with a nonprofit organization to administer the pilot program.
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Section: |
Education |
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Analyst: |
Assistant Fiscal Analyst |
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Approved: |
Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer |
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).