The commissioner, subject to the approval of the State board, shall:
a. Have the control and care of the buildings and grounds owned and used by the State for the school for the deaf;
b. Appoint and remove a superintendent, teachers and other employees, and fix the compensation of those whose compensation is not fixed by statute or otherwise determinable by authority of law:
c. Provide furniture, textbooks, school apparatus and other supplies;
d. Make rules for the government and management of the school and the admission of pupils thereto; and
e. Provide, by contract or otherwise, all necessary transportation for pupils maintained at the school.