Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.690

The state commissioner of education may appoint such state and area advisory committees as he deems necessary to review special educational services to handicapped and severely handicapped children and to consider any problems presented by the commissioner of education with respect to the provision of educational services to handicapped and severely handicapped children and to give advice thereon. Such committees shall include persons broadly representative of community organizations interested in the handicapped and severely handicapped, professions related to the educational needs of the handicapped and severely handicapped, and the general public. The members of such committees shall serve at the discretion of the commissioner of education.