| 1 | 1 | | <tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><p> </p> </td></tr></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0232</td><td class="xsl" align="center"></td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13178 MST 25322 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><center><code>SENATE RESOLUTION</code></center> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, The National Association of the Deaf recognizes </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>April as Deaf History Month to increase awareness of and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>express appreciation for the many contributions that deaf and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>hard-of-hearing individuals have made to our society; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, over </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>400,000 individuals in Illinois are deaf or hard of hearing; </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Deaf culture is an important part of the fabric </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of our society; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have made </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and continue to make numerous contributions to their local </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>communities, the state, and the United States; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, The American School for the Deaf opened in </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Hartford, Connecticut on April 15, 1817 as the first public </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>school for the deaf in the United States; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, Inspired by meeting an educated deaf man, State </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Senator Orville H. Browning introduced and championed the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>passage of a bill in 1839 to create what would become the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Illinois School for the Deaf, which opened its doors to </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">SR0232</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 2 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 13178 MST 25322 r</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>students in January of 1846 in Jacksonville, where it proudly </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>remains located to this day; and</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>WHEREAS, In April of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln, who </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>as a state legislator in Illinois supported the creation of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the Illinois School for the Deaf, signed a charter </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>establishing Gallaudet University, the first college in the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>world for deaf students, named in honor of Thomas Hopkins </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Gallaudet, who acted as an informal advisor to the first board </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>members of the Illinois School for the Deaf; therefore, be it</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 2025 </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and April 2026 as Deaf History Month in the State of Illinois </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and encourage Illinoisans to become familiar with and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>celebrate the contributions of deaf Illinoisans to our state </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and nation; and be it further</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code> </code><code>RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>provided to the Illinois Association of the Deaf, the Illinois </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission, and the Illinois School </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>for the Deaf as a symbol of our respect and esteem.</code> |
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