Section 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.