Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3945, Dated June 22, 2023

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Statement of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee of the State of New Jersey, dated June 22, 2023, reporting Assembly Bill 3945 favorably. The bill establishes the three-year Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program, run by the Commissioner of Education. The commissioner selects 10 male students of color in their final year of educator preparation programs at senior public institutions of higher education and pairs each with one of 10 male teachers of color in participating school districts, who mentor the student through the final year and the first two years of teaching if hired. Mentors receive a stipend of $5,000 a year. The bill appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 3945

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JUNE
22, 2023

The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 3945.

This bill establishes the three-year “Male Teachers of
Color Mentorship Pilot Program,” which is to be developed and operated by the
Commissioner of Education. The commissioner will select one or more senior
public institutions of higher education, which offer educator preparation
programs, and one or more school districts that each employ at least one male
teacher of color to participate in the pilot program.

Under the pilot program, the commissioner will select
10 male students of color from among the senior public institutions of higher
education selected for participation in the pilot program and 10 male teachers
of color from the school districts selected for participation in the pilot
program. To be eligible for the program, a student is required to be in his
final year of an educator preparation program.

The commissioner will then pair each selected student
with a current teacher, who will serve as the student’s mentor through the
candidate’s last year of his educator preparation program and, if the student
is hired for employment in the participating district upon the student’s
graduation from an educator preparation program, for the first two years of the
student’s teaching career.

A school district that provides mentoring services
under the provisions of the bill will conduct a review of the student’s
performance under the pilot program following completion of the student’s final
year in an educator preparation program. A school district that provides
mentoring services to a student under the pilot program is required to make a
good faith effort to hire the student following the student’s graduation from
an educator preparation program, if the student receives a favorable
performance review under the review conducted by the school district.

Under the pilot program, a mentor will receive a
stipend of $5,000 for each year of participation in the pilot program.

At the conclusion of the pilot program, the
commissioner will submit a report to the Governor and Legislature on the
implementation and effectiveness of the pilot program, including the commissioner’s
recommendation on the advisability of the program’s continuation and expansion
to additional school districts and senior public institutions of higher
education in the State.

The bill appropriates from the General Fund to the
Department of Education $50,000 to establish the “Male Teachers of color
Mentorship Pilot Program.”

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