HR 390: Lamar County School System; recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend

This is a commendation resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring the Lamar County School System for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award. The award, given by the Georgia Council on Literacy, recognizes communities that build sustained partnerships among two or more organizations focused on improving literacy, with a strategic plan and measurable results over at least three years. The resolution describes how the Lamar County School System used the L4GA process to build partnerships with groups including the City of Barnesville, local libraries, Ferst Readers of Lamar County, a community center, daycare centers, and the county health department, resulting in improved reading proficiency. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the school system. It does not change any Georgia law.

• Formally congratulates and commends the Lamar County School System for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Recognizes specific local partners involved, including the City of Barnesville, area libraries, Ferst Readers of Lamar County, and the Lamar County Health Department.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the school system.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement, serving only as an official statement of recognition.

The Lamar County School System and its literacy partners, including the City of Barnesville, Barnesville-Lamar County Library, Milner Library, Ferst Readers of Lamar County, the E.P. Roberts Community Center, local daycare centers, and the Lamar County Health Department.

The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians, but it gives official statewide recognition to a local literacy program, which can raise the program's visibility and encourage similar community partnerships elsewhere in Georgia.

• The preamble explains the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires partnerships of two or more organizations sustained for at least three years with measurable literacy results.
• The resolving clause formally commends the Lamar County School System and other Georgia Reads Community Award winners for their literacy work.
• The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to provide a copy of the resolution to the Lamar County School System.

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

• Beth Camp (R, HD-135)Primary sponsor
• Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)
• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)

• literacy programs
• Lamar County
• education recognition
• legislative commendation