Commission for the deaf and hard of hearingcreated--appointment--qualifications--terms--expenses--chairperson--demembers to be provided with interpreters, cost for, how paid.
161.400. 1. As used in sections 161.400 to 161.405, the term"commission" means the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard ofhearing.
2. There is hereby established within the department of elementaryand secondary education a commission, to be known as the "MissouriCommission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing", which shall be composed ofnine members. Each member shall be appointed by the governor for a term ofthree years, except that, of the members first appointed, three shall beappointed for a term of three years, three for a term of two years andthree for a term of one year. Of the members appointed, two shall be deafor hard of hearing, one shall be a parent of a deaf or hard of hearingchild, one shall be a representative of an organization representing theinterests of the deaf or hard of hearing, one shall be a representative ofthe Missouri School for the Deaf or the department of elementary andsecondary education, one shall be an interpreter for the deaf, one shall bea representative of the business community, one shall be a representativeof local public school administration and one shall be a professional fromone of the following fields: audiology, psychology, speech pathology,mental health or medicine. No person shall be eligible to serve more thantwo successive terms, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy mayserve two additional successive terms. The members shall receive nocompensation for their services on the Missouri commission for the deaf andhard of hearing, but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessaryexpenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The provisions ofthis subsection shall not prevent any person serving on the commission onAugust 28, 1994, from completing the term for which that person wasappointed.
3. A chairperson shall be selected by the commission from among itsmembers. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but notless than four times per year. Professional interpreting services for thedeaf members shall be provided for at every meeting of the commission, withthe expense of the services to be borne by the commission.
Commission for the deaf and hard of hearingcreated--appointment--qualifications--terms--expenses--chairperson--demembers to be provided with interpreters, cost for, how paid.
161.400. 1. As used in sections 161.400 to 161.405, the term"commission" means the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard ofhearing.
2. There is hereby established within the department of elementaryand secondary education a commission, to be known as the "MissouriCommission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing", which shall be composed ofnine members. Each member shall be appointed by the governor for a term ofthree years, except that, of the members first appointed, three shall beappointed for a term of three years, three for a term of two years andthree for a term of one year. Of the members appointed, two shall be deafor hard of hearing, one shall be a parent of a deaf or hard of hearingchild, one shall be a representative of an organization representing theinterests of the deaf or hard of hearing, one shall be a representative ofthe Missouri School for the Deaf or the department of elementary andsecondary education, one shall be an interpreter for the deaf, one shall bea representative of the business community, one shall be a representativeof local public school administration and one shall be a professional fromone of the following fields: audiology, psychology, speech pathology,mental health or medicine. No person shall be eligible to serve more thantwo successive terms, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy mayserve two additional successive terms. The members shall receive nocompensation for their services on the Missouri commission for the deaf andhard of hearing, but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessaryexpenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The provisions ofthis subsection shall not prevent any person serving on the commission onAugust 28, 1994, from completing the term for which that person wasappointed.
3. A chairperson shall be selected by the commission from among itsmembers. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but notless than four times per year. Professional interpreting services for thedeaf members shall be provided for at every meeting of the commission, withthe expense of the services to be borne by the commission.
Commission for the deaf and hard of hearingcreated--appointment--qualifications--terms--expenses--chairperson--demembers to be provided with interpreters, cost for, how paid.
161.400. 1. As used in sections 161.400 to 161.405, the term"commission" means the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard ofhearing.
2. There is hereby established within the department of elementaryand secondary education a commission, to be known as the "MissouriCommission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing", which shall be composed ofnine members. Each member shall be appointed by the governor for a term ofthree years, except that, of the members first appointed, three shall beappointed for a term of three years, three for a term of two years andthree for a term of one year. Of the members appointed, two shall be deafor hard of hearing, one shall be a parent of a deaf or hard of hearingchild, one shall be a representative of an organization representing theinterests of the deaf or hard of hearing, one shall be a representative ofthe Missouri School for the Deaf or the department of elementary andsecondary education, one shall be an interpreter for the deaf, one shall bea representative of the business community, one shall be a representativeof local public school administration and one shall be a professional fromone of the following fields: audiology, psychology, speech pathology,mental health or medicine. No person shall be eligible to serve more thantwo successive terms, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy mayserve two additional successive terms. The members shall receive nocompensation for their services on the Missouri commission for the deaf andhard of hearing, but shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessaryexpenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The provisions ofthis subsection shall not prevent any person serving on the commission onAugust 28, 1994, from completing the term for which that person wasappointed.
3. A chairperson shall be selected by the commission from among itsmembers. The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, but notless than four times per year. Professional interpreting services for thedeaf members shall be provided for at every meeting of the commission, withthe expense of the services to be borne by the commission.
