(1) The Idaho bureau of educational services for the deaf and the blind shall be governed by a board of directors which shall be responsible for development and oversight.
(2) The board of directors shall be comprised of eight (8) members as follows: One (1) member shall be specialized/certified personnel appointed by the governor for a three (3) year term;
(3) One (1) member shall be a director of special education appointed by the governor for a three (3) year term;
(4) Two (2) members shall be citizens at-large appointed by the governor, each for three (3) year terms;
(5) One (1) member shall be a parent of a student who is deaf or hard of hearing or blind or visually impaired appointed by the governor for a three (3) year term;
(6) One (1) member shall be a citizen who is deaf or hard of hearing appointed by the governor for a three (3) year term;
(7) One (1) member shall be a citizen who is blind or visually impaired appointed by the governor for a three (3) year term; and
(8) The state superintendent of public instruction shall be chair of the board and shall serve concurrently with the term of office to which the state superintendent is elected.
(9) For purposes of establishing staggered terms of office, the initial term of office for the citizen who is blind or visually impaired and the parent of a student who is deaf or hard of hearing or blind or visually impaired shall be one (1) year, and thereafter shall be three (3) years. The initial term of office for the two (2) members at-large and for the director of special education shall be two (2) years, and thereafter shall be three (3) years. The initial term of office for the citizen who is deaf or hard of hearing and for the specialized/certified personnel shall be three (3) years, and thereafter shall be three (3) years.
(10) No voting member shall serve for more than two (2) consecutive full terms. Members of the board who are appointed to fill vacancies that occur prior to the expiration of a former member’s full term shall serve the unexpired portion of such term.