HR389: HR389 Charlton County Board of Education; recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the Charlton County Board of Education for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award, given by the Georgia Council on Literacy to communities that build multi-year partnerships aimed at improving literacy. The resolution describes the county's literacy efforts, including partnerships between the Charlton County School District, the L4GA program, Ferst Readers of Charlton County, and more than 40 local businesses and organizations. The resolution does not create any new law, funding, or requirement. It simply states the House's congratulations and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to send a copy of the resolution to the Charlton County Board of Education.

• Formally congratulates and commends the Charlton County Board of Education for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Describes the qualifying criteria for the award, including sustained multi-year literacy partnerships with measurable results.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the Charlton County Board of Education.
• Creates no new statutory requirements, funding, or penalties, as it is a commendatory resolution rather than a law.

The resolution directly names the Charlton County Board of Education, the Charlton County School District, L4GA program manager Julie Morrill, Ferst Readers of Charlton County, and more than 40 local businesses and organizations involved in the county's literacy partnership.

The resolution has no legal effect and changes no Georgia law, but it gives official recognition from the state legislature to a local literacy program, which can raise its public profile and highlight community partnerships as a model for other Georgia counties.

• The whereas clauses explain the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires partnerships of two or more organizations sustained at least three years with measurable literacy results.
• The resolved clause has the House of Representatives congratulate and commend the Charlton County Board of Education and its partners.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to the Board of Education.

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

• John Corbett (R, HD-174)Primary sponsor
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)

• literacy programs
• Charlton County
• education awards
• Georgia House resolutions