(a)
(1) It shall be the duty of the Principal of the Arkansas School for the Deaf to furnish, or cause to be furnished, suitable and proper boarding and lodging, as well as suitable instruction, for all hearing-impaired persons received as beneficiaries.
(2) He or she shall receive into the school other hearing-impaired persons according to such regulations as the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Deaf may prescribe.
(b)
(1) The Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf may require the superintendent or other school official to reside at the institution.
(2) The board of trustees may provide other benefits to the Superintendent for the Arkansas School for the Deaf out of the operation funds of the respective school.
(c) No person shall lodge or board in the school who is not a pupil thereof, except its officers and their families.