SR226: SR226 Cobb Collaborative; congratulate

This Senate resolution honors Cobb Collaborative, an organization recognized with the Georgia Reads Community Award for its literacy work in Cobb County. The resolution explains that the award, created by the Georgia Council on Literacy, recognizes communities that build lasting partnerships among two or more organizations to improve reading skills. The text describes how Cobb Collaborative acts as the local contact for the statewide Get Georgia Reading Campaign and has partnered with groups such as the Cobb County Public Library, Cobb Douglas Public Health, Marietta City Schools, and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to expand literacy resources. The Senate formally congratulates Cobb Collaborative and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send the organization a copy of the resolution. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Formally congratulates and commends Cobb Collaborative for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award for literacy work.
• Recites the history of the award, which recognizes multi-organization literacy partnerships sustained for at least three years.
• Lists Cobb Collaborative's community partners, including the Cobb County Public Library and Marietta City Schools.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to Cobb Collaborative.

Cobb Collaborative and its community partners, including the Cobb County Public Library, Cobb Douglas Public Health, First Christian Church of Mableton, Marietta City Schools, and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, are the direct subjects named in this resolution.

The resolution carries no legal force and changes no Georgia law or funding. Its practical effect is a formal, public statement from the Senate recognizing Cobb Collaborative's literacy efforts, which may serve as public recognition for the organization and its partners.

• Whereas clauses describe the Georgia Council on Literacy's mission and the origin of the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Whereas clauses describe Cobb Collaborative's role as local contact for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign and its list of partner organizations.
• The resolved clause has the Senate congratulate and commend Cobb Collaborative for its literacy work.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to Cobb Collaborative.

1. 2025-02-20Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-02-19Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)Primary sponsor
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)

• literacy programs
• Cobb County
• community awards
• education