AJR41: Joint Resolution Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 41

April 20, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Brostoff, S. Rodriguez, Thiesfeldt, Anderson, Andraca, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Milroy, Moses, Murphy, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Subeck and Ohnstad, cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Roys and Wirch. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AJR41,1,1 Relating to: recognizing April 2021 as Deaf History Month in Wisconsin.

AJR41,1,3 Whereas, National Deaf History Month coincides with key historical dates that celebrate the Deaf community's history; and

AJR41,1,6 Whereas, in April 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, the American School for the Deaf was founded as the first permanent educational institution in the country for Deaf students; and

AJR41,1,9 Whereas, on April 18, 1852, the Wisconsin Legislature approved Chapter 481, Laws of 1852, permitting Ebenezer Chesebro to found the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delevan; and

AJR41,1,12 Whereas, on April 8, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Gallaudet University charter to establish the first university for the Deaf, located in our nation's capital; and

AJR41,1,14 Whereas, the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf was founded in Delavan in 1876; and

AJR41,2,3 Whereas, Wisconsin native Philip S. Engelhardt became the first president of the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf and founded the first Society of the Deaf in Milwaukee; and

AJR41,2,6 Whereas, in 1886, Deaf player William Ellsworth Hoy began his professional baseball career in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, before going on to set Major League records for multiple teams; and

AJR41,2,9 Whereas, Wisconsin legislators authorized school boards to grant foreign language credit for courses in American Sign Language (ASL) under 1989 Wisconsin Act 280; and

AJR41,2,12 Whereas, to help families support communication needs and development of their children, Wisconsin hospitals have been required to screen the hearing of each newborn since 2004; and

AJR41,2,14 Whereas, in 2010, Wisconsin native Michelle Koplitz won the title of Miss Deaf America, a pageant that first took place in 1972; and

AJR41,2,17 Whereas, in April 2016, the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf and the Wisconsin Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf organized the community's first legislative action day to bring the needs of the community to their legislators; and

AJR41,2,19 Whereas, hearing loss affects about half a million Wisconsin residents; now, therefore, be it

AJR41,2,22 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin Legislature hereby recognize April 2021 as Deaf History Month in Wisconsin.

AJR41,2,23 (End)