Section 4201. Duties of commissioner of education

1.  The  following
  institutions for the instruction of the deaf and of the blind  shall  be
  subject to the visitation of the commissioner of education:
    a. The New York school for the deaf;
    b. The Lexington school for the deaf;
    c. St. Mary's school for the deaf in the city of Buffalo;
    e. St. Joseph's school for the deaf in the city of New York;
    f. Rochester school for the deaf in the city of Rochester;
    h.  The  New  York  Institute for Special Education in the city of New
  York;
    i. Lavelle School for the Blind in the city of New York;
    j. Mill Neck Manor school for the deaf in Nassau county;
    k. St. Francis DeSales school for the deaf and hard of hearing in  the
  county of Kings.
    l.  Cleary  Deaf  Child  Center,  Inc., in the counties of Suffolk and
  Nassau.
    2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner:
    a. To inquire into the organization of the  several  schools  and  the
  methods of instruction employed therein.
    b.  To prescribe courses of study and methods of instruction that will
  meet the requirements of the state for the education of state pupils.
    c. To make appointments of pupils to the several schools, to  transfer
  such  pupils from one school to another as circumstances may require; to
  cancel appointments for sufficient reason.
    d. To ascertain  by  a  comparison  with  other  similar  institutions
  whether  any improvements in instruction and discipline can be made; and
  for that purpose to appoint from time to time, suitable persons to visit
  the schools.
    e. To suggest to  the  directors  of  such  institutions  and  to  the
  legislature such improvements as he shall judge expedient.
    f.  To  make an annual report to the legislature on all of the matters
  enumerated in this subdivision and particularly as to the  condition  of
  the  schools,  the  improvement  of  the  pupils, and their treatment in
  respect to board and lodging.