Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-43-214. Admission to school

(a) All blind persons of suitable character and capacity between three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age, residing in the state shall be entitled to the benefits of the Arkansas School for the Blind free of charge.

(b) Pupils from outside the state may be admitted to the privileges of the institution upon the payment of such sums as the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf may consider sufficient to defray expenses.

(c) If, in the opinion of the board of trustees, any blind person over twenty-one (21) years of age may be benefited by being received into the institution for a limited time to learn a trade or receive instruction, they may, by unanimous vote, and with approval of the Superintendent of the Arkansas School for the Blind, admit such person.