Section 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.