(a) Any Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hearing person who may be admitted into the school and supported as a beneficiary at the expense of the state shall be permitted to remain in the school for thirteen (13) years unless, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf, he or she shall be sooner discharged. (b) (1) The board is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades. (2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension. Amended by Act 2021, No. 84,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1868, No. 36, § 16, p. 115; 1891, No. 155, § 1, p. 265; 1893, No. 31, § 1, p. 49; 1905, No. 276, § 1, p. 694; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9353, 9375; Pope's Dig., §§ 12818, 12840; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2425, 80-2426. (a) Any Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hearing person who may be admitted into the school and supported as a beneficiary at the expense of the state shall be permitted to remain in the school for thirteen (13) years unless, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf, he or she shall be sooner discharged. (b) (1) The board is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades. (2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension. Amended by Act 2021, No. 84,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1868, No. 36, § 16, p. 115; 1891, No. 155, § 1, p. 265; 1893, No. 31, § 1, p. 49; 1905, No. 276, § 1, p. 694; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9353, 9375; Pope's Dig., §§ 12818, 12840; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2425, 80-2426. (a) Any Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hearing person who may be admitted into the school and supported as a beneficiary at the expense of the state shall be permitted to remain in the school for thirteen (13) years unless, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf, he or she shall be sooner discharged. (b) (1) The board is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades. (2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension. Amended by Act 2021, No. 84,§ 7, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1868, No. 36, § 16, p. 115; 1891, No. 155, § 1, p. 265; 1893, No. 31, § 1, p. 49; 1905, No. 276, § 1, p. 694; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9353, 9375; Pope's Dig., §§ 12818, 12840; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2425, 80-2426. (a) Any Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hearing person who may be admitted into the school and supported as a beneficiary at the expense of the state shall be permitted to remain in the school for thirteen (13) years unless, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf, he or she shall be sooner discharged. (b) (1) The board is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades. (2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension. (1) The board is empowered to extend the term of such pupils as may be recommended by the superintendent from time to time beyond the original period of thirteen (13) years, either for further instruction with a view to entering college, or for perfecting themselves in their trades. (2) However, no more than twenty (20) pupils shall be so recommended in one (1) year, nor any one (1) for more than three (3) years' extension. Acts 1868, No. 36, § 16, p. 115; 1891, No. 155, § 1, p. 265; 1893, No. 31, § 1, p. 49; 1905, No. 276, § 1, p. 694; C. & M. Dig., §§ 9353, 9375; Pope's Dig., §§ 12818, 12840; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 80-2425, 80-2426.
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