161.403. 1. The commission shall appoint an executive director, whoshall serve as an executive officer of the commission. As a priority, thedirector shall be a deaf or hard of hearing person or shall have abackground and knowledge of deafness and shall be fluent in using andreading American sign language or signed English as a means ofcommunication.
2. Salary, office space and staff for the executive director shall beprovided by the department of elementary and secondary education.
(L. 1988 H.B. 1385 ยง 2, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1783)