In this article, the trajectory followed by the deaf community of Brasília for the deployment of the first public full time bilingual school - Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) and Written-Portuguese - adds up to the presentation of a general and historical approach of the concept pursued by the National Movement, in favor of Culture and Deaf Education for Bilingual Schools. This article also presents goals, principles and guidelines of Bilingual Schools, based on academic studies in growing expansion in graduation programs in Brazilian universities, on experiences of deaf students enrolled in an educational system doomed to failure and on experiences of pedagogues' research engaged in leading to improve the quality of the education offered and on legislation that, maidenly, begins to absorb the educational paradigm elected by the deaf community for the construction of Deaf Bilingual schools across the country. From the perspectives released in this context the first institutions established as Bilingual Schools for Deaf People can be models for the creation, improvement and expansion of Bilingual Schools for the Deaf concerning the existing ones and other such imminent in different Brazilian states.
Bilingual School for the Deaf; language policy; Brazilian Sign Language; Written Portuguese
