PRINTER'S NO. 3402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
792
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, HOHENSTEIN, DUNBAR, MARKOSEK, KIM,
KORTZ, RABB, DONATUCCI, SONNEY, MURT, LONGIETTI, HARRIS,
MEHAFFIE, MENTZER, CRUZ, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, RYAN, BURNS, BROWN, KENYATTA, ROZZI, GALLOWAY,
GAINEY, NEILSON, DeLUCA, KIRKLAND, ROEBUCK AND CONKLIN,
MARCH 4, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 4, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the 200th anniversary of the Pennsylvania School for
the Deaf.
WHEREAS, In 1820 a businessman named David Seixas became
concerned about the welfare of the deaf children he encountered
on the streets in Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, He began to educate these children in his home on
Market Street in Philadelphia and in doing so founded the
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf; and
WHEREAS, The renown deaf Frenchman and educator Laurent Clerc
became the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf's second principal
in 1821, after the school moved to a building located on the
southeastern corner of Eleventh and Market Streets; and
WHEREAS, Also in 1821, the General Assembly authorized the
State Treasurer to appropriate $8,000 to the Pennsylvania School
for the Deaf thus giving the school the financial backing that
it needed to effectively operate and educate students; and
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