2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 6 - Special Schools and Instruction › Article 85 - Instruction of the Deaf and of the Blind › 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.  The
  provisions of this subdivision shall apply to board, lodging and tuition
  for the two thousand ten--two thousand eleven and prior school years.
2.  For  expenses  incurred  in  the two thousand eleven--two thousand
  twelve school year and thereafter, each blind pupil so received into any
  of the institutions subject to  this  article  shall  be  provided  with
  board,  lodging  and  tuition, and such institutions shall be reimbursed
  for such expenses in accordance with this subdivision.
a. For the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve and  two  thousand
  twelve--two thousand thirteen school years, costs of tuition, as defined
  in  section  forty-two hundred eleven of this article, shall be a charge
  upon the school district of which any such child is resident at the time
  of admission or readmission to any of the institutions subject  to  this
  article  and  the  directors  of  the institution shall bill such school
  district for such tuition costs on a quarterly  basis.  The  first  such
  quarterly  payment  may  be based on projected enrollment, provided that
  subsequent payments shall be adjusted to reflect actual enrollment.  The
  amount  of  tuition  paid  by such school district shall be eligible for
  reimbursement by the state to the extent provided in  section  forty-two
  hundred four-b of this article.
b.  For  the  two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year
  and thereafter, the costs of tuition as  defined  in  section  forty-two
  hundred  eleven  of  this  article,  shall  be a charge upon the current
  school district of residence of any such child subject to  this  article
  and the directors of the institution shall bill such school district for
  such  tuition  costs  on  a  quarterly  basis.  The first such quarterly
  payment may be based on projected enrollment, provided  that  subsequent
  payments  shall  be adjusted to reflect actual enrollment. The amount of
  tuition paid by such school district shall be eligible for reimbursement
  by the state to the extent provided in section forty-two hundred  four-b
  of this article.
c. The costs of board and lodging shall be a charge upon the state 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 and lodging 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
  who received board and lodging, which bill shall be signed by the  chief
  executive officer of the institution, and verified by his oath.
3.  The regular term of instruction of any such blind pupil in the New
  York  Institute  for  Special  Education  shall  be  eight  years.   The
  commissioner  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  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.
4. The term of appointment for blind babies and children of the age of
  fifteen years and under received into any institution in accordance with
  this article shall be at the discretion of the commissioner.
5.  Children placed in any such institutions for the blind pursuant to
  section forty-two hundred six shall be maintained therein for the period
  of time the school is in session.