Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; relates to contracts for excellence; relates to calculation of state aid to school districts; relates to expenses of board of cooperative educational services; relates to aid for career education; relates to a statewide dual enrollment policy; extends chapter 378 of the laws of 2010; provides for apportionment of salary expenses for the Roosevelt union free school district; extends workforce education; relates to maximum class sizes for special education; extends chapter 82 of the laws of 1995; relates to purchases of food products from New York state farmers for paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts; relates to foundation aid; provides for special apportionment for salary expenses; provides for special apportionment for public pension accruals; relates to universal pre-kindergarten and the Statewide universal full-day pre-kindergarten (Part A); establishes a universal free school meals program; repeals provisions relating to the community eligibility provision state subsidy (Part B); relates to scholarships awarded to part-time students by the New York state higher education services corporation; makes conforming changes; repeals provisions relating to tuition awards for part-time undergraduate students; relates to the New York state part-time scholarship award program (Part D); relates to authorizing the excelsior scholarship cover the cost of tuition in the state university of New York system (Part E); creates a New York college access program for certain students who matriculated at a SUNY or CUNY community college, have applied for certain tuition assistance programs, and are eligible for resident tuition rates (Part F); provides for a reduction of taxes pursuant to shelter rent (Part L); utilizes reserves in the mortgage insurance fund for the neighborhood preservation program, the rural preservation program, the rural rental assistance program, and the New York state supportive housing program (Part N); authorizes child care support centers which are certified by the office of children and family services to place individuals as substitute caregivers at licensed and registered child care programs (Part P); enacts the "Increasing Nutrition Support for Prenatal and Infant REsiliency ("INSPIRE") pilot program" (Part Q); relates to the standards of monthly need for aged, blind and disabled persons (Part R); relates to the appointment of a temporary operator by the commissioner of social services, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (Part S); establishes a database for the employment of minors; allows for registration of minors and employers in such database; digitizes the process for minors to apply for employment (Part X); expands certain payments previously made to parents of deceased service members to spouses and minor children of such service members; directs the commissioner of veterans' services to conduct an outreach program to make such parents, spouses, and minor children aware of their eligibility for such payments (Part Y); requires submission of an annual report on the New York state museum (Part AA); establishes the homeowner protection program to ensure the availability of free housing counseling and legal services to homeowners for the purposes of mitigating threats to homeownership (Part BB); establishes the housing access voucher program; directs the commissioner of the division of housing and community renewal to implement a program of rental assistance in the form of housing vouchers for eligible individuals and families who are homeless or who face an imminent loss of housing; provides that the commissioner shall designate housing access voucher local administrators in the state to administer the program (Part CC); establishes a homeownership opportunity connection program to connect residents of communities with below average homeownership rates and not-for-profit housing organizations with homeownership and development opportunities (Part DD); increases the amount certain individuals are eligible for when receiving enhanced residential care (Part EE); decreases the length of the suspension period applicable to certain striking workers who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently (Part FF); expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients (Part GG); increases the maximum income limits for the Excelsior Scholarship and tuition assistance program awards (Part HH); clarifies the meaning of certain terms relating to unemployment benefits based on employment with certain educational institutions, including the state university of New York, the city university of New York and public community colleges (Part II); prohibits requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible for child care assistance (Part JJ); implements a cost estimation model for child care (Part KK); relates to the determination of rates for unemployment insurance benefits (Part LL); extends provisions authorizing the appointment of school monitors for the Hempstead union free school district, the Rochester city school district, and the Wyandanch union free school district (Part MM); establishes the New York coalition for child care (Part NN).

Statutes affected:
A3006: 3602 education law, 3602(1) education law, 3602(3) education law, 3602(4) education law, 3627 education law, 3627(4) education law, 3602(12) education law, 3602(16) education law, 3602-ee education law, 3602-ee(16) education law, 3604 education law, 3604(5) education law, 3609-a education law, 4402 education law, 4402(6) education law, 925 education law, 2854 education law, 2854(1) education law, 666 education law, 667-c education law, 667-c(2) education law, 667-c-1 education law, 610 education law, 610(5) education law, 667 education law, 667(2) education law, 669-h education law, 669-h(2) education law, 292 executive law, 296 executive law, 296(5) executive law, 160-e executive law, 160-e(9) executive law, 160-u executive law, 160-u(1) executive law, 160-v executive law, 160-v(1) executive law, 160-w executive law, 160-w(2) executive law, 340 general business law, 7-107 general obligations law, 1971 real property actions and proceedings law, 1971(1) real property actions and proceedings law, 33 private housing finance law, 33(1) private housing finance law, 33(4) private housing finance law, 485-r real property tax law, 485-r(2) real property tax law, 485-r(3) real property tax law, 485-r(4) real property tax law, 485-r(6) real property tax law, 390-b social services law, 131-a social services law, 131-a(5) social services law, 198 labor law, 198(1-a) labor law, 218 labor law, 218(3) labor law, 219 labor law, 219(3) labor law, 141 labor law, 141(1) labor law, 145 labor law, 3215-a education law, 3215-a(3) education law, 297 executive law, 297(1) executive law, 297(3) executive law, 295 executive law
A3006A: 3602 education law, 3602(1) education law, 3602(3) education law, 3602(4) education law, 3627 education law, 3627(4) education law, 3602(12) education law, 3602(16) education law, 3602-ee education law, 3602-ee(16) education law, 3604 education law, 3604(5) education law, 3609-a education law, 4402 education law, 4402(6) education law, 925 education law, 666 education law, 667-c education law, 667-c(2) education law, 667-c-1 education law, 610 education law, 610(5) education law, 667 education law, 667(2) education law, 669-h education law, 669-h(2) education law, 292 executive law, 296 executive law, 296(5) executive law, 160-e executive law, 160-e(9) executive law, 160-u executive law, 160-u(1) executive law, 160-v executive law, 160-v(1) executive law, 160-w executive law, 160-w(2) executive law, 340 general business law, 7-107 general obligations law, 1971 real property actions and proceedings law, 1971(1) real property actions and proceedings law, 33 private housing finance law, 33(1) private housing finance law, 33(4) private housing finance law, 485-r real property tax law, 485-r(2) real property tax law, 485-r(3) real property tax law, 485-r(4) real property tax law, 485-r(6) real property tax law, 390-b social services law, 131-a social services law, 131-a(5) social services law, 198 labor law, 198(1-a) labor law, 218 labor law, 218(3) labor law, 219 labor law, 219(3) labor law, 141 labor law, 141(1) labor law, 145 labor law, 3215-a education law, 3215-a(3) education law, 297 executive law, 297(1) executive law, 297(3) executive law, 295 executive law
A3006B: 3602 education law, 3602(1) education law, 3602(3) education law, 3602(4) education law, 1950 education law, 1950(5) education law, 3602(10) education law, 711 education law, 711(3) education law, 3627 education law, 3627(4) education law, 3602(12) education law, 3602(16) education law, 3602-ee education law, 3602-ee(16) education law, 3602-e education law, 3602-e(10) education law, 3602-e(20) education law, 3609-a education law, 4402 education law, 4402(6) education law, 925 education law, 666 education law, 667-c education law, 667-c(2) education law, 667-c-1 education law, 610 education law, 610(5) education law, 667 education law, 667(2) education law, 669-h education law, 669-h(2) education law, 33 private housing finance law, 33(1) private housing finance law, 33(4) private housing finance law, 390-b social services law, 131-a social services law, 131-a(8) social services law, 3215-a education law, 3215-a(3) education law, 20 public housing law, 20(1) public housing law, 2419 public authorities law, 209 social services law, 209(2) social services law, 679-e education law, 679-e(2) education law, 679-e(3) education law, 669-h(1) education law, 667(3) education law, 590 labor law, 590(10) labor law, 590(11) labor law, 410-w social services law, 410-x social services law, 410-z social services law, 590(5) labor law