N.Y. Education Law § 4203: Persons eligible for appointment as pupils to institutions for instruction of the deaf

§ 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.