SR192: SR192 Future Business Leaders of America Week; recognize February 9-15, 2025

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia Senate rather than a change to state law. It recognizes February 9-15, 2025, as Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Week at the state capitol. The resolution recounts FBLA's history, including its founding in Tennessee in 1942, Iowa's chartering of the first state chapter in 1947, and the 1979 chartering of a chapter at Alfred Ely Beach High School in Georgia. It describes FBLA as a nonprofit with more than 250,000 members in 4,600 chapters nationwide that teaches business and leadership skills to middle school, high school, and college students. The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies available to the public and the press.

• Formally recognizes February 9-15, 2025, as Future Business Leaders of America Week at the Georgia state capitol.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.
• Creates no new law, funding, or penalty; it is a ceremonial statement by the Senate.

Members of Future Business Leaders of America chapters in Georgia schools, including the chapter at Alfred Ely Beach High School, along with students, advisers, and educators involved in FBLA's business and leadership programs.

The resolution has no legal or funding effect but serves as a formal, public acknowledgment by the Georgia Senate of a student organization's work in business education, which can raise its visibility among students and schools.

• The resolution recites FBLA's founding history, including its 1942 origin in Tennessee and its 1979 chartering at Alfred Ely Beach High School in Georgia.
• The Senate resolves to recognize February 9-15, 2025, as Future Business Leaders of America Week at the state capitol.
• The Secretary of the Senate is directed to make copies of the resolution available for public and press distribution.

1. 2025-02-18Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-02-13Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Derek Mallow (D, SD-002)Primary sponsor
• Kim Jackson (D, SD-041)
• Randal Mangham (D, SD-055)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Drew Echols (R, SD-049)
• Freddie Sims (D, SD-012)

• Future Business Leaders of America
• student organizations
• business education
• ceremonial resolutions
• Georgia Senate