Texas School for the Deaf

Texas Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb was created in 1856. It changed its name to Texas Deaf and Dumb Institution about 1868, to Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb about 1871, and to Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum about 1887. In fiscal year 1911 the name was changed to its current designation, the Texas School for the Deaf.

The original Institution was governed by 5 trustees named by the governor; the board appointed the superintendant except for a period between 1876 and 1883, when the governor appointed the superintendant. In 1951, control over the School for the Deaf passed to the Texas Central Education Agency, and the Commissioner of Education appointed the superintendant (Senate Bill 393, 52nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session).

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