(a) Any hearing-impaired person who may be admitted into the school and supported as a beneficiary at the expense of the state shall be permitted to remain in the school for thirteen (13) years unless, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Deaf, he or she shall be sooner discharged.
(b)
(1) The board of trustees is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades.
(2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Special Educational Programs
Chapter 43 - Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas School for the Deaf
§ 6-43-302. Real and personal property
§ 6-43-303. Rent, construction, or repair of facilities
§ 6-43-304. Action for trespass or other wrongs brought by state
§ 6-43-305. Teachers generally
§ 6-43-306. Duties of teachers and employees
§ 6-43-307. Limitations on salary increases
§ 6-43-308. Custodian of funds — Payment of bills, warrants, etc
§ 6-43-309. Accounts and records — Reports
§ 6-43-310. Records of secretary and purchasing agent
§ 6-43-315. List of applications in numerical order
§ 6-43-316. Length of time students may remain
§ 6-43-317. Boarding and lodging
§ 6-43-318. Aid to deaf students at college
§ 6-43-319. Cruel or severe punishment forbidden
§ 6-43-320. Shift differential
§ 6-43-321. Maintenance, transportation, and security for Arkansas School for the Blind