MS HR73

Commemorates and congratulates the Mississippi School for the Blind on its 165th anniversary, officially established on March 2, 1848, with a $2,500 appropriation.

Recognizes the school as the tenth oldest school for the blind in the country and acknowledges its mission to provide specialized adapted services and materials for students with visual impairments or blindness.

Designates March 4, 2013, as Mississippi School for the Blind Awareness Day and March 2013 as Blind and Visually Impaired Awareness Month.

Highlights the school's achievement in 2012 of debuting a marching band, making it only the second school for the blind in the country to feature one.

Directs copies of the resolution be furnished to the Superintendent of the Mississippi School for the Blind, State Superintendent of Public Education, and Capitol Press Corps.