Section 4213. Other persons eligible for appointment

In accordance with
  the provisions of the charter of the  New  York  Institute  for  Special
  Education,  and  amendments  thereto, as issued by the board of regents,
  children  with  handicapping   conditions,   other   than   handicapping
  conditions  which  would  establish  eligibility  for appointment to the
  schools enumerated in this article, shall be eligible for appointment to
  the New York Institute  for  Special  Education  as  state  pupils.  The
  provisions of this article shall apply but not necessarily be limited to
  the appointment, education, maintenance and support of such pupils. Such
  pupils  eligible  for  appointment,  pursuant  to this section, shall be
  persons over five and  under  twenty-one  years  of  age  who  have  not
  received a high school diploma.