SR219: SR219 ReadSource and Purpose Built Schools of Atlanta; congratulate

This resolution from the Georgia Senate honors ReadSource and Purpose Built Schools of Atlanta as recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award. The award recognizes communities that build lasting partnerships among two or more organizations to improve literacy, with at least three years of sustained work, a strategic plan, and measurable results. The resolution describes how ReadSource specialists work with students at Atlanta Public Schools' Slater Elementary and Price Middle School two to four days a week in small groups with a 1:3 specialist-to-student ratio. It credits the partnership, which also includes The Schenck School, with measurable gains in reading proficiency. The Senate formally congratulates the recipients and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to them.

• Formally congratulates and commends ReadSource and Purpose Built Schools of Atlanta for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• States the Senate's recognition of the partnership's literacy work at Slater Elementary and Price Middle School in Atlanta Public Schools.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the honorees.
• Does not create any new law, funding, or program; it is a ceremonial statement of recognition.

The resolution directly names ReadSource, Purpose Built Schools of Atlanta, The Schenck School, and students at Atlanta Public Schools' Slater Elementary and Price Middle School, who receive literacy instruction through this partnership.

The resolution carries no legal or funding effect; its significance is symbolic, giving public recognition from the Georgia Senate to a local literacy partnership and highlighting a community program that provides small-group reading instruction to struggling students in Atlanta.

• The whereas clauses describe the Georgia Reads Community Award and the criteria for winning it, including sustained multi-organization partnerships of at least three years.
• The whereas clauses detail ReadSource's instructional model at Slater Elementary and Price Middle School, including group size and session length.
• The resolved clause formally congratulates and commends the award recipients on behalf of the Senate.
• The final resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies available for distribution to the honorees.

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

• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)Primary sponsor
• Nan Orrock (D, SD-036)

• literacy programs
• Atlanta Public Schools
• Georgia Senate resolution
• community awards