VA HR190

Commends the Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest extant building in the United States dedicated to the education of Black children, founded in 1760 at Benjamin Franklin's recommendation

The school educated more than 300 free and enslaved Black children under teacher Ann Wager before closing in 1774, marking 250 years since its closure in 2024

Architectural preservationists confirmed the building's origins in 2020 using dendrochronology after it had been moved to William & Mary's campus in the 1930s with its history forgotten

The restored building now stands as the 89th original structure in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, relocated near its original site through the Williamsburg Bray School Initiative

Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy of the resolution to the Williamsburg Bray School Initiative representatives