 In 1963, by act of the Legislature, the school became part of the New York State Education Department and underwent a further name change to its current name, the New York State School for the Deaf.Multimillion-dollar appropriations in the 1960s resulted in considerable expansion, with the campus now occupying 17 acres.Formerly a corporation, the school is a state operated agency and is now a part of the New York State Education Department and the New York State Board of Regents.