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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY GRONSTAL and BOETTGER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution celebrating 140 years of deaf
1 4 education in Iowa.
1 5 WHEREAS, in 1855, the state of Iowa purchased a
1 6 small private school for the deaf in Iowa City and
1 7 reopened the facility as a public institution
1 8 providing educational services for deaf and hard-of-
1 9 hearing children; and
1 10 WHEREAS, in 1866, the legislature recognized the
1 11 growth of the institution and a decision was made to
1 12 relocate the institution to Council Bluffs; and
1 13 WHEREAS, in 1870, the institution, complete with a
1 14 central administration building and an industrial
1 15 facility, was opened in Council Bluffs at a cost of
1 16 $125,000; and
1 17 WHEREAS, in 1884, the first official class of the
1 18 Iowa School for the Deaf graduated; and
1 19 WHEREAS, in 1932, the Iowa School for the Deaf
1 20 further recognized the importance of educating deaf
1 21 children to be productive members of society by
1 22 extending its school term from 9 to 12 years; and
1 23 WHEREAS, today, after 140 years, the Iowa School
1 24 for the Deaf continues to fulfill its educational
1 25 mission to deaf and hard-of-hearing children by
1 26 providing them with preschool, elementary, middle
1 27 school and high school programming; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the Iowa School for the Deaf is a resource
1 29 for all Iowans through its service to thousands of
1 30 deaf and hard-of-hearing students and their families
2 1 on a direct and outreach basis, through its open-
2 2 campus policy, and through its service as a valuable
2 3 asset for community use and involvement in Council
2 4 Bluffs and throughout southwest Iowa; and
2 5 WHEREAS, in 1995, the Iowa School for the Deaf is
2 6 celebrating 140 years of educating and serving the
2 7 needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Iowa;
2 8 NOW THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 10 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 11 Assembly joins the Iowa School for the Deaf in
2 12 recognizing and celebrating 140 years of deaf
2 13 education in Iowa.
2 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa General
2 15 Assembly urges all Iowans to express their support and
2 16 appreciation to the Iowa School for the Deaf for its
2 17 outstanding service to the state in educating deaf and
2 18 hard-of-hearing Iowans.
2 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
2 20 resolution be presented to Dr. William P. Johnson,
2 21 superintendent of the Iowa School for the Deaf, on
2 22 behalf of all the faculty and students at the school,
2 23 in recognition of 140 years of deaf education in Iowa.
2 24 LSB 2681SS 76
2 25 ec/sc/14
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