4207 - Support and term of instruction of blind state pupils.
§ 4207. Support and term of instruction of blind state pupils. 1. Each blind pupil so received into any of the institutions specified in this article 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 blind pupil in the New York Institute for Special Education shall be eight years. The commissioner of education may in his discretion extend the term of any pupil for a period not exceeding three years. It shall also be lawful for the commissioner of education to continue such pupils as state pupils for an additional period of three years for the purpose of pursuing or completing a course of high school study; such pupils must be recommended by the trustees of the New York Institute for Special Education before such extension is granted. 3. The term of appointment for blind babies and children of the age of fifteen years and under received into any institution in accordance with paragraph c of subdivision one of section forty-two hundred six of this article shall be at the discretion of the commissioner of education. 4. Children placed in any such institutions for the blind pursuant to section forty-two hundred six shall be maintained therein at the expense of the state for the period of time the school is in session.