SR 225: Rise Augusta; congratulate

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It recognizes Rise Augusta, an Augusta-area nonprofit that has supported Richmond County students since 1997, for winning the Georgia Reads Community Award, which the Georgia Council on Literacy gives to communities that build sustained partnerships to raise literacy rates. The resolution describes Rise Augusta's history, including its 2020 transition from being part of Communities In Schools Augusta-Richmond County into an independent organization, and its partnerships with the Richmond County School System, the CSRA Community Foundation, the Regional Educational Services Agency, and the Jessye Norman School of the Arts. The Senate formally congratulates the group and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send a copy of the resolution to Rise Augusta.

• Formally congratulates and commends Rise Augusta for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award for literacy work.
• Recites Rise Augusta's history since 1997 and its 2020 shift to independence from Communities In Schools Augusta-Richmond County.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to Rise Augusta.
• Creates no new law, funding, or requirement; it is a symbolic honor by the Georgia Senate.

Rise Augusta and its partner organizations, including the Richmond County School System, the CSRA Community Foundation, the Regional Educational Services Agency, and the Jessye Norman School of the Arts, along with students in Richmond County served by the group's literacy programs.

The resolution carries no legal or funding effect, but it publicly recognizes a Richmond County organization's literacy work, giving Rise Augusta formal state acknowledgment that may help highlight its community partnerships and programs to the public.

• The resolution recites the Georgia Reads Community Award's criteria: partnerships of two or more organizations sustained at least three years with a strategic plan and measurable literacy results.
• The resolved clause has the Senate congratulate and commend Georgia Reads Community Award recipients, particularly Rise Augusta.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to Rise Augusta.

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

• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)Patrocinador principal
• Harold Jones (D, SD-022)
• Max Burns (R, SD-023)

• literacy programs
• Richmond County
• Georgia Senate resolution
• community awards
• education