--- title: HR 340. Moore, Melissa; Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr340 cite_as: HR 340, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr340 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr340.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr340/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70630 date: 2025-02-20 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr339.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr341.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr340.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 340 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-02-20 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Matthew Gambill text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR340/2025 upstream_id: 1978266 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - STAR Teacher award - Cartersville High School - teacher recognition - Georgia education honors --- # HR 340. Moore, Melissa; Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; commend ## Text House Resolution 340 By: Representative Gambill of the 15th A RESOLUTION Commending Melissa Moore, Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, a proper quality education for the young people of this state is the single most important objective of the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, Melissa Moore has long been recognized by the citizens of this state for the vital role that she has played in the teaching profession and her deep personal commitment to the education of the students of Georgia; and WHEREAS, Melissa Moore has earned distinction for teaching excellence and has been honored as Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher; and WHEREAS, in recognition of her contributions to the education and welfare of young people in this state, it is abundantly fitting and proper for this body to honor the extraordinary accomplishments and academic achievements of this outstanding educator. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commend Melissa Moore, Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher, and express their most sincere best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Melissa Moore. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution formally commends Melissa Moore, a Cartersville High School teacher, for being named the school's 2025 STAR Teacher. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring Melissa Moore, a teacher at Cartersville High School, for being selected as the school's 2025 STAR Teacher. The STAR program recognizes top students and the teachers they credit with their academic success. The resolution does not change any Georgia law or create any new program. It simply states the House's praise for Moore's contributions to education and directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for her. ### What it does - Formally commends Melissa Moore for being named Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher. - Expresses the House of Representatives' best wishes for her continued success as an educator. - Directs the Clerk of the House to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Melissa Moore. - Makes no changes to Georgia law, funding, or school policy. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names Melissa Moore, a teacher at Cartersville High School. It also involves the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to her. ### Why it matters This resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It gives Melissa Moore public recognition from the state legislature for her teaching, but it does not change funding, policy, or requirements for schools or teachers anywhere in Georgia. ### Key provisions - The resolution recites Moore's recognition as Cartersville High School's 2025 STAR Teacher as the basis for the commendation. - The operative resolving clause has the House commend Moore and wish her continued success. - A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to Moore. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-20) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-02-20) - Sponsors: Matthew Gambill - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70630 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr340.md?full=1