Bill
HR 386
Honorary resolution recognizes Black Child Development Institute for the Georgia Reads Community Award and commends Dr. Bryan Renfro for JWCC leadership.
Status: Resolution — Adopted (filed Jan 14, 2025; final adoption reported May 27, 2025)
Note on source material
- The materials provided combine two separate ceremonial resolutions and a mixed procedural record across jurisdictions: (1) a Georgia House resolution congratulating the Black Child Development Institute (BCDI) as a recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award; and (2) an Illinois House resolution commending Bryan Renfro, Ph.D., outgoing president of John Wood Community College (JWCC). Procedural entries (committee referrals, suspension of rules, Senate receipt) appear to include U.S. House actions and other administrative entries that are inconsistent with purely state-level resolutions. The substance below summarizes both ceremonial texts and highlights the procedural status reported.
Purpose and intent
- This resolution is ceremonial and non‑binding. Its purpose is to formally recognize and commend:
- The Black Child Development Institute (BCDI) for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award for sustained community literacy work; and
- Bryan Renfro, Ph.D., for his leadership and service as president of John Wood Community College.
Key provisions and substantive points
- Black Child Development Institute (Georgia)
- Recognizes the Georgia Council on Literacy’s Georgia Reads Community Award criteria: community partnerships (two or more organizations), sustained at least three years, with a strategic plan and measurable literacy outcomes.
- Commends BCDI’s Read to Succeed program, which helps families build home libraries with culturally responsive, developmentally appropriate books to promote early literacy and language development for children birth through age eight.
- Notes BCDI’s partnerships with: United Way of Greater Atlanta; Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning; Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students; and the Atlanta Speech School’s Rollins Center for Language and Literacy.
- States that these initiatives have produced measurable improvements in reading proficiency and expanded educational/career opportunities.
- Directs the Clerk of the House to make an appropriate copy of the resolution available to BCDI.
Who is affected / impacted
- Directly honored parties: Black Child Development Institute; Dr. Bryan Renfro; John Wood Community College.
- Indirectly recognized: partnering organizations, families and children served by BCDI programs, JWCC students and regional workforce/industry partners.
- Because this is an honorary resolution, it does not create legal obligations, funding commitments, or programmatic mandates.
Procedural and timeline aspects
- Introduced: Jan 14, 2025.
- Consideration and adoption steps listed in the record include reading, placement on congratulatory/memorial calendars, and final adoption (calendar entries show adoption March–May 2025; specific entry: Resolution Adopted May 27, 2025).
- Some procedural entries in the provided record (e.g., references to the U.S. House suspension of rules, referral to Senate Committees, and to the House Committee on Financial Services) are inconsistent with state-level ceremonial resolutions and indicate the source file aggregates multiple legislative actions. The resolution itself is ceremonial and requires no further executive action.
Bottom line
- H.R. 386 is an honorary resolution recognizing exemplary literacy work by the Black Child Development Institute (Georgia Reads Community Award recipient) and formally commending Dr. Bryan Renfro for his leadership at John Wood Community College. It celebrates community partnerships and education leadership and directs distribution of copies of the resolution to the honorees.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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