§ 4201. Duties of commissioner of education. 1. The following
institutions for the instruction of the deaf and of the blind shall be
subject to the visitation of the commissioner of education: a. The New
York school for the deaf;

b. The Lexington school for the deaf;

c. St. Mary's school for the deaf in the city of Buffalo;

e. St. Joseph's school for the deaf in the city of New York;

f. Rochester school for the deaf in the city of Rochester;

h. The New York Institute for Special Education in the city of New
York;

i. Lavelle School for the Blind in the city of New York;

j. Mill Neck Manor school for the deaf in Nassau county;

k. St. Francis DeSales school for the deaf and hard of hearing in the
county of Kings.

l. Cleary Deaf Child Center, Inc., in the counties of Suffolk and
Nassau.

2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner:

a. To inquire into the organization of the several schools and the
methods of instruction employed therein.

b. To prescribe courses of study and methods of instruction that will
meet the requirements of the state for the education of state pupils.

c. To make appointments of pupils to the several schools, to transfer
such pupils from one school to another as circumstances may require; to
cancel appointments for sufficient reason.

d. To ascertain by a comparison with other similar institutions
whether any improvements in instruction and discipline can be made; and
for that purpose to appoint from time to time, suitable persons to visit
the schools.

e. To suggest to the directors of such institutions and to the
legislature such improvements as he shall judge expedient.

f. To make an annual report to the legislature on all of the matters
enumerated in this subdivision and particularly as to the condition of
the schools, the improvement of the pupils, and their treatment in
respect to board and lodging.