| Resolution Number: | 1985-D130 |
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| Title: | Recommend and Direct Use of Funds for Employing Interpreters for the Deaf |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 68th General Convention recommend that any and all Dioceses of the Episcopal Church having ministries with deaf people allocate a reasonable sum in the annual budgets to pay for interpreters for the deaf at conventions and other diocesan functions, thereby encouraging and enabling fuller participation in the life of the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be directed to include sufficient funds in their budgets to pay for interpreters for the deaf for all meetings at which deaf people are official participants; for meetings of the General Convention, should one or more deaf deputies be elected; and for all major addresses, services, and events at the General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 260. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Education |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D130)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 68th General Convention recommend that any and all Dioceses of the Episcopal Church having ministries with deaf people allocate a reasonable sum in the annual budgets to pay for interpreters for the deaf at conventions and other diocesan functions, thereby encouraging and enabling fuller participation in the life of the Church; and be it further
Resolved, That the Executive Council be directed to include sufficient funds in their budgets to pay for interpreters for the deaf for all meetings at which deaf people are present; for meetings of the General Convention, should one or more deaf deputies be elected; and for all major addresses, services, and events at the General Convention.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In the second Resolved clause, in the third line:
strike the word "present" and add the words "official participants."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #178)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #178: D130 Amended (Funding Deaf Interpreters).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #241)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 14.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention recommends that diocesan and national bodies include a sum in their budgets to provide interpreters for deaf persons at conventions and other functions. |
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