In re Peter H.

Theodore Daohenhausen, Jr., J.

Marianne H., mother of Peter H., a physically handicapped child almost 12 years of age, seeks by petition, verified January 11, 1971, an order directing *1098payment of her son’s tuition at the Adams School, a nonpublic special educational facility located in New York City.

The yearly tuition at said school is in the sum of $3,600 and the State of New York, pursuant to the provisions of section 4407 of the Educational Law, paid $2,000 in the form of a tuition grant on behalf of said child for the school year 1970-71. In this proceeding petitioner seeks payment of the…