SR 226: Cobb Collaborative; congratulate

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It recognizes Cobb Collaborative for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award, an honor given by the Georgia Council on Literacy to communities that build lasting partnerships to improve literacy. The resolution describes how Cobb Collaborative serves as the local contact for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign and has partnered with groups like the Cobb County Public Library, Cobb Douglas Public Health, Marietta City Schools, and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. It states the Senate congratulates the group and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send Cobb Collaborative a copy of the resolution.

• Formally congratulates Cobb Collaborative for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award from the Georgia Council on Literacy.
• Documents the partnerships Cobb Collaborative has built with local libraries, health agencies, schools, churches, and nonprofits to boost literacy.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Cobb Collaborative.
• Creates no new law, funding, or requirement; it is a commendation with no regulatory effect.

Cobb Collaborative and its partner organizations, including the Cobb County Public Library, Cobb Douglas Public Health, Marietta City Schools, First Christian Church of Mableton, the Smyrna Library, and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning are named and honored in the resolution.

The resolution carries no legal or financial consequences; it is a public honor. Its main effect is to give Cobb Collaborative and its literacy partnerships formal recognition from the Georgia Senate, which can raise the group's visibility and support future community literacy efforts.

• The preamble explains the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires a partnership of at least two organizations sustained for three years with measurable literacy results.
• The resolution identifies Cobb Collaborative as the local point of contact for the statewide Get Georgia Reading Campaign.
• The resolved clause has the Senate formally congratulate and commend Cobb Collaborative and other Georgia Reads Community Award recipients.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute a copy of the resolution to Cobb Collaborative.

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

• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)Primary sponsor
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)

• literacy programs
• Cobb County
• legislative commendation
• community partnerships