New York Laws
Article 85 - Instruction of the Deaf and of the Blind
4209 - Blind and Deaf Children and Blind and Cerebral Palsied Children.

§ 4209. Blind and deaf children and blind and cerebral palsied
children. 1. All children who are both blind and deaf or both blind and
cerebral palsied shall be admitted as state pupils into one of the
institutions described in this article for the instruction of the deaf
or blind and under the same conditions of eligibility as are provided
for the admission of deaf or blind state pupils.

2. In the discretion of the commissioner of education a sum not to
exceed a sum equal to double the average annual per capita cost for
pupils attending all of the schools which are subject to the provisions
of section forty-two hundred one of this article shall be available in
the manner provided in section forty-two hundred ten of this article to
aid a blind and deaf pupil in receiving instruction in an institution
for the instruction of the deaf or blind located outside the state in
order to continue the education of such blind and deaf pupil for the
term of instruction provided in section forty-two hundred seven of this
article.

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