2015 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 6 - SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION
Article 85 - (4201 - 4213) INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND OF THE BLIND
4204 - Support and term of instruction of deaf state pupils.

 4204. Support  and term of instruction of deaf state pupils. 1. Each
  deaf pupil so received into any of the institutions aforesaid  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 deaf 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--twelve   and   two  thousand
  twelve--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 during  the  first  day  of  each  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  deaf  pupil  shall  be
  twelve years, or until the pupil shall have attained the age of eighteen
  years  before  the expiration of twelve years from the beginning of such
  term. The commissioner may, in his discretion, extend the  term  of  any
  pupil  until  his  twenty-first  birthday for the purpose of pursuing or
  completing academic or vocational courses of study. Such pupils must  be
  recommended  by  the  trustees  of  the institution in which they are in
  attendance before such extension of time is granted.
4. Children placed in any such institution for the instruction of  the
  deaf, pursuant to section forty-two hundred three of this article, shall
  be maintained therein for the period of time the school is in session.