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Governor's Commission on Disability asks Senate Finance to retain part‑time ADA coordinator and other staff funded in governor's budget
Summary
The Governor's Commission on Disability requested the Senate Finance Committee preserve general-fund support for a newly funded part-time ADA coordinator and to note that loss of certain contracted funds would raise the commission's general-fund need.
The Governor's Commission on Disability asked the Senate Finance Committee to retain general-fund support for a part‑time ADA coordinator position approved in the governor’s budget and highlighted other funding details that affect its general-fund exposure.
Chuck Sayegh, executive director of the Commission, said the agency is organizationally housed in the governor’s office, has 14 governor-appointed commissioners and currently employs seven staff members with a planned eighth hire. He described the commission’s responsibilities, including ADA technical assistance, lease accessibility review through the Architecture Barrier…
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