STATE OF NEW YORK
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10532
IN ASSEMBLY
June 3, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Shimsky) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 118 of the laws of 1969, relating to a separate
union free school district in the town of Greenburgh in the county of
Westchester, in relation to the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free
School District number 12
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Chapter 118 of the laws of 1969, relating to a separate
2 union free school district in the town of Greenburgh in the county of
3 Westchester, is amended by adding a new section 5 to read as follows:
4 § 5. a. Notwithstanding section three of this act, the Greenburgh
5 North Castle Union Free School District number 12 of the towns of Green-
6 burgh and North Castle in the county of Westchester shall continue to
7 constitute a separate union free school district during the 2024-2025
8 school year and shall continue to have and enjoy all the powers and
9 privileges of a union free school district under the provisions of the
10 education law. For purposes of continuing to provide instruction to
11 students enrolled in the school district during the 2024-2025 school
12 year, the territory of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School
13 District number 12 created by this chapter shall include property iden-
14 tified in lease agreements executed by the school district including the
15 agency lease for the school facility located at 71 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry
16 in the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, 108 Shonnard Place in
17 the city of Yonkers, county of Westchester and 1700 Old Orchard Place in
18 the village of Valhalla pursuant to chapter 224 of the laws of 2010; 623
19 Blooming Grove Turnpike, in the town of New Windsor, county of Orange
20 and 45 East Gainsborg Avenue in the village of West Harrison pursuant to
21 chapter 264 of the laws of 2017.
22 b. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, subject to approval of the
23 department of education and the office of children and family services
24 and any applicable terms of the Capital Facilities Financing Act or
25 applicable approval of the dormitory authority, the board of education
26 of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free School District number 12
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15830-01-4
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1 created by this chapter shall be authorized to affiliate with a child
2 care institution as defined in section 4001 of the education law other
3 than the St. Christopher's School St. Christopher's - Jennie Clarkson
4 Child Care Services Corporation. Upon state approval of such affil-
5 iation, the board of education of the Greenburgh North Castle Union Free
6 School District number 12 as created by this chapter shall be comprised
7 of seven members, five elected by the board of directors of such child
8 care institution and two public members appointed pursuant to chapters
9 628 and 629 of the laws of 2004. The board members shall serve for terms
10 of up to four years. Additionally, following state approval as described
11 in this subsection, education responsibility for students placed in the
12 affiliated child care institution shall be governed by article 81 of the
13 education law.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
