All Roll Calls
Yes: 218 • No: 0
New YorkS 82732025-2026 Regular SessionSenate
Relates to property used by the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District number 12 and authorizes such school district to affiliate with Rising Ground, Inc.; repealer
Sponsored By: Andrea Stewart-Cousins (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
School district continues with new affiliation options
Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District No. 12 remains separate in 2024–2025 and afterward, keeping its education-law powers. The law allows affiliation with Rising Ground or another qualifying child care institution, except St. Christopher’s School, Jennie Clarkson Child Care Services Corporation. The Rising Ground model sets a five-to-nine-member board, with five members elected by Rising Ground’s directors and two public appointees. The other model sets seven members: five elected by the institution’s directors and two public appointees. Public appointments follow chapters 628 and 629 of the 2004 laws, and board terms last up to four years. Article 81 of state education law governs education responsibility for students placed in affiliated institutions. Affiliations require Education Commissioner and Office of Children and Family Services approvals; applicable projects also require state financing procedures or Dormitory Authority review and approval. The act takes effect July 1, 2025, or when the New Windsor lease expires, whichever comes first. The district must notify the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission when that lease expires.
More school sites, New Windsor use ends
The law expands Greenburgh North Castle school district territory to include specified leased properties and qualifying Rising Ground properties. Listed sites include 29 Marshall Road, Wappingers Falls; 45 East Gainsborg Avenue, West Harrison; and 623 Blooming Grove Turnpike, New Windsor. Rising Ground properties must be in Westchester, Bronx, or Dutchess County and house a residential treatment center affiliated with the district. The Education Commissioner must approve each building used for instruction. Use of the New Windsor site ends on or about June 30, 2025.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/13/2025
Assembly floor vote
Yes: 136 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
FLOOR Vote
Yes: 62 • No: 0
committee vote • 6/4/2025
Rules Committee Vote
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
SIGNED CHAP.179
6/26/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
6/26/2025SenateRETURNED TO SENATE
6/13/2025HousePASSED ASSEMBLY
6/13/2025HouseORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.688
6/13/2025HouseSUBSTITUTED FOR A8682
6/13/2025HouseREFERRED TO EDUCATION
6/9/2025HouseDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
6/9/2025SenatePASSED SENATE
6/9/2025SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1587
6/4/2025SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
6/4/2025SenateREFERRED TO EDUCATION
5/28/2025Senate
Bill Text
Original
5/28/2025
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