The State Board of Education shall be empowered to appoint a consultant qualified in the education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and said board shall fix and pay such consultant's compensation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-316a
(1969, P.A. 774, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-567, S. 63, 80; P.A. 78-218, S. 210; P.A. 17-202, S. 32.)