HR 941: Larkin, Rebecca; 2025 Georgia Scholar; DeKalb County School District; commend

This resolution is a formal congratulatory statement from the Georgia House of Representatives. It honors Rebecca Larkin, a senior at Tucker High School in the DeKalb County School District, for being named a 2025 Georgia Scholar by the Georgia Department of Education. The resolution explains that the Georgia Scholar program recognizes high school seniors who have excelled academically and contributed to their communities, and that honorees receive a special diploma seal and a commemorative graduation cord. The House resolves to congratulate Larkin and wish her continued success, and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide her with an official copy of the resolution.

• Formally congratulates Rebecca Larkin, a Tucker High School senior, for being named a 2025 Georgia Scholar.
• States the criteria and honors of the Georgia Scholar program, including a diploma seal and graduation cord.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Larkin.
• Creates no new law, funding, or ongoing program; it is a one-time commendation.

The resolution directly names Rebecca Larkin, a student in the DeKalb County School District, and references the Georgia Department of Education, which runs the Georgia Scholar program. It has no broader regulatory effect on other individuals or institutions.

This resolution has largely ceremonial significance rather than practical legal effect. It provides public, official recognition of a Georgia student's academic achievement and creates a formal record and keepsake copy for her, but it does not change any law, funding, or policy.

• The resolving clause has the House of Representatives congratulate Rebecca Larkin as DeKalb County School District's 2025 Georgia Scholar and wish her future success.
• A further resolution clause directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to produce and distribute a copy of the resolution to Larkin.
• The whereas clauses describe the Georgia Scholar program run by the Georgia Department of Education and the honors it confers, such as a diploma seal and graduation cord.

1. 2025-04-02House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-04-02House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-04-02House Hopper (House)

• Angela Moore (D, HD-91)Primary sponsor
• Karla Drenner (D, HD-85)

• education honors
• DeKalb County schools
• Georgia Scholar program
• student recognition