HR383: HR383 Marietta City Schools; recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizing Marietta City Schools as a recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award. The award, created by the Georgia Council on Literacy, honors communities that build sustained, multi-year partnerships aimed at improving literacy. The resolution highlights Marietta's program, Literacy & Justice For All, which works with partners including United Way of Greater Atlanta, the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, Cobb Collaborative, and Wellstar to support children's language development starting from the third trimester of pregnancy through age five. The resolution formally congratulates the school district and its partners and directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to Marietta City Schools.

• Formally congratulates and commends Marietta City Schools for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Recognizes the Literacy & Justice For All partnership among Marietta City Schools, United Way of Greater Atlanta, Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, Cobb Collaborative, and Wellstar.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Marietta City Schools.
• Does not create any new law, funding, or program; it is a symbolic statement of recognition.

Marietta City Schools and its partner organizations, including United Way of Greater Atlanta, the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, Cobb Collaborative, and Wellstar, are named and honored by this resolution.

The resolution carries no legal or funding changes; its practical effect is limited to a formal, public statement of recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives that highlights a local literacy initiative and its community partners.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires partnerships of two or more organizations sustained for at least three years with measurable literacy results.
• The resolved clause has the House of Representatives congratulate and commend Marietta City Schools and other Georgia Reads Community Award recipients.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to Marietta City Schools.

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

• Devan Seabaugh (R, HD-034)Primary sponsor
• Mary Williams (D, HD-037)
• Lisa Campbell (D, HD-035)

• literacy
• education
• Marietta City Schools
• community awards