Education Law § 4203 · Article 85. Instruction of the Deaf and of the Blind
Persons eligible for appointment as pupils to institutions for instruction of the deaf
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§ 4203. Persons eligible for appointment as pupils to institutions for instruction of the deaf. All deaf children resident in this state, of the age of three years and upwards and of suitable capacity, and who shall have been resident in this state for one year immediately preceding the application, or, if an orphan, whose nearest friend shall have been resident in this state for one year immediately preceding the application, shall be eligible to appointment as state pupils in one of the institutions for the instruction of the deaf of this state, authorized by law to receive such pupils; provided, however, the foregoing requirement as to length of residence in this state may be waived in the discretion of the commissioner of education.
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