N.Y. Education Law § 4213: Other persons eligible for appointment

§ 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.