SR 224: Ben Hill County School District; congratulate

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Ben Hill County School District as a recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award, given by the Georgia Council on Literacy to communities that build sustained partnerships to improve literacy. The resolution describes how the school district worked with groups like Communities in Schools, L4GA, the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Chamber of Commerce, Dorminy Medical Center, and local businesses to support students facing poverty and academic challenges, resulting in improved reading proficiency. The Senate formally congratulates the district and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send a copy of the resolution to the school district.

• Formally congratulates and commends the Ben Hill County School District for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• Recites the district's literacy partnerships with organizations such as Communities in Schools, L4GA, and local businesses.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the Ben Hill County School District.
• Creates no new law, funding, or ongoing program; it is a symbolic statement of recognition by the Senate.

The Ben Hill County School District and its partner organizations, including Communities in Schools, the Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Chamber of Commerce, Dorminy Medical Center, and local civic groups and businesses in Fitzgerald and Ben Hill County, are named and recognized in this resolution.

The resolution carries no legal or financial effect but serves as an official statement from the Georgia Senate recognizing a local school district's literacy efforts, which may boost community morale and public visibility for the partnership programs described.

• 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 resolved clause has the Senate congratulate and commend the Ben Hill County School District for its literacy efforts.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to the school district.

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

• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)Primary sponsor
• Carden Summers (R, SD-013)

• literacy programs
• Ben Hill County
• education awards
• Georgia Senate resolutions