Bill > A08682

This bill modifies the legal provisions for the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District number 12, primarily authorizing it to affiliate with Rising Ground, Inc., a child care institution. The bill allows the school district to continue operating as a separate union free school district during the 2024-2025 school year and beyond, and expands the district's territory to include multiple properties in Westchester, Yonkers, Wappingers Falls, and New Windsor counties. Specifically, the bill permits the school district to affiliate with Rising Ground, Inc., which will result in a board of education comprising between five and nine members, with most members elected by Rising Ground's board of directors and two being public members. The bill also specifies that education responsibility for students placed in the affiliated child care institution will be governed by article 81 of the education law. Additionally, the bill repeals a previous provision that restricted the district's ability to affiliate with child care institutions other than St. Christopher's School and sets the effective date as July 1, 2025, or the date when a specific lease agreement for a property in New Windsor expires, whichever comes first.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8682