4204 - Support and term of instruction of deaf state pupils.
§ 4204. Support and term of instruction of deaf state pupils. 1. Each deaf pupil so received into any of the institutions aforesaid shall be provided with board, lodging and tuition; and the directors of the institution shall receive an appropriation for each pupil so provided for, in quarterly payments, to be paid by the commissioner of taxation and finance, on the warrant of the comptroller, to the treasurer of said institution; provided, however, that an estimated one-half of each such quarterly payment shall be due on the first day of each quarter, the estimate to be based on the affidavit of the chief executive officer of the institution stating the number of pupils for whom board, lodging and tuition was so provided by the institution during the preceding quarter and during the comparable quarter of the preceding year, and the remaining part of each such quarterly payment shall be due thereafter on the first day of the quarter next ensuing, upon the presentation by the treasurer of the institution of a bill showing the actual time and number of pupils attending the institution, which bill shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the institution, and verified by his oath. 2. The regular term of instruction of any such deaf pupil shall be twelve years, or until the pupil shall have attained the age of eighteen years before the expiration of twelve years from the beginning of such term. The commissioner of education may, in his discretion, extend the term of any pupil until his twenty-first birthday for the purpose of pursuing or completing academic or vocational courses of study. Such pupils must be recommended by the trustees of the instiution in which they are in attendance before such extension of time is granted. 3. Children placed in any such institution for the instruction of the deaf, pursuant to section forty-two hundred three, shall be maintained therein at the expense of the state for the period of time the school is in session.