§ 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.