HR387: HR387 Dooly County Schools; recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors Dooly County Schools for being selected as a recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award. The award, created by the Georgia Council on Literacy, recognizes communities that have sustained partnerships of at least three years working to improve literacy through a strategic plan with measurable results. The resolution describes how Dooly County Schools used an L4GA grant along with partners such as Family Connections and Albany Primary Health to run reading events, set up Little Libraries, provide reading incentives, and offer free vision and hearing screenings to students. It formally congratulates the schools for these efforts and directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy of the resolution to Dooly County Schools.

• Formally congratulates and commends Dooly County Schools for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Recognizes the school system's use of an L4GA grant to fund literacy initiatives aimed at improving student reading outcomes.
• Credits partner organizations Family Connections and Albany Primary Health for contributing reading events, Little Libraries, and health screenings.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to Dooly County Schools.

The resolution directly names Dooly County Schools, the Georgia Council on Literacy, and partner organizations Family Connections and Albany Primary Health, along with students in the district whose literacy programs and health screenings are described.

While largely ceremonial and carrying no funding or legal changes, the resolution provides official state recognition of a local literacy partnership, which can raise its public profile and highlight a model other Georgia school districts might reference.

• The whereas clauses describe the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires a sustained partnership of two or more organizations for at least three years with measurable literacy results.
• The resolution notes Dooly County Schools used an L4GA grant to support literacy initiatives improving student reading outcomes.
• It credits Family Connections with organizing reading events, Little Libraries, and reading incentives, and Albany Primary Health with providing free vision and hearing screenings.
• The final resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to Dooly County Schools.

1. 2025-02-24House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-24House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-24House Hopper (House)

• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)Primary sponsor
• Patty Stinson (D, HD-150)

• literacy programs
• Dooly County Schools
• education awards
• school health screenings