The paper is intended to disseminate information and to seek participant suggestions concerning the most recent phase of an ongoing program of state policy research focused on the professional development and state licensure of early career principals. The program, known as the Ohio Principals' Leadership Academy: Entry Year Program (OPLA:EYP), is one component of a multifaceted statewide initiative funded by the Ohio Department of Education and promoted by the Ohio Business Roundtable to build leadership capacity in the state's schools. The paper includes three sections. The first section describes and explains the statewide history, structure, and policy role of the OPLA:EYP. The second section provides an overview of the development of a curriculum for the training of mentors to work with early career principals. The third section traces the background and current status of the methods being tested for delivery of the mentoring curriculum. Appendix A contains a "Memorandum of Understanding"; Appendix B, quadrants for analyzing "indicators" of an Interstate School Leaders' Licensure Consortium standard; Appendix C, a summary sheet of portfolio licensure assessment guidelines; and Appendix D, a flow chart depicting the parts of and procedures for a licensure portfolio. (RT)