--- title: SR 177. Trent, Anne-Marie; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr177 cite_as: SR 177, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr177 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr177.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr177/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70272 date: 2025-02-13 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. 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Trent, Anne-Marie; commend ## Text Senate Resolution 177 By: Senators Still of the 48th, Dixon of the 45th, Rahman of the 5th, Merritt of the 9th, Mangham of the 55th and others A RESOLUTION Commending Anne-Marie Trent, Sycamore Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Anne-Marie Trent has been teaching first grade, covering all subjects, to Sugar Hill students at Sycamore Elementary School in Gwinnett County for four years and has 25 years of teaching experience; and WHEREAS, she is a highly respected first grade teacher within the school community and among her peers and has been recognized as Sycamore Elementary School's Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025; and WHEREAS, she has spent endless hours both inside and outside the classroom teaching students and empowering them to think freely, helping them develop skills such as questioning, provoking, and challenging all the things presented to them; and WHEREAS, she has engaged her students by producing innovative lessons that have real-life applications and has thus promoted learning to her students as a lifelong endeavor; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Teacher of the Year award is to honor educators who have made an exceptional difference in the lives of their students and provided inspiration to their peers, recognizing and promoting excellence in education within Gwinnett County Public Schools and helping to promote an educated and vibrant community; and WHEREAS, in recognition of such remarkable contributions to the education and welfare of Georgia's students, 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 SENATE that the members of this body commend Anne-Marie Trent, Sycamore Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year, and express their most sincere best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Anne-Marie Trent. ## 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 Senate resolution commends Anne-Marie Trent, a first grade teacher at Sycamore Elementary School in Gwinnett County, for being named the school's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. ### Plain-language summary This resolution is a ceremonial honor passed by the Georgia Senate. It recognizes Anne-Marie Trent, a first grade teacher at Sycamore Elementary School in Sugar Hill, Gwinnett County, who has 25 years of teaching experience and has taught at the school for four years. She was named the school's Teacher of the Year for the 2024-2025 school year. The resolution states that the Senate commends her for her contributions to students and the school community and wishes her continued success. It also directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to Trent. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it is a formal statement of recognition. ### What it does - Formally commends Anne-Marie Trent for being named Sycamore Elementary School's 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Trent. - Expresses the Senate's best wishes for her continued success as an educator. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors Anne-Marie Trent, a first grade teacher at Sycamore Elementary School in Gwinnett County. It also references the broader Gwinnett County Public Schools community and the students she teaches. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or funding effect and changes no Georgia law. Its significance is symbolic: it gives official state recognition to a local teacher's work and creates a formal record that can be shared with her and her community. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses describe Trent's 25 years of teaching experience and four years at Sycamore Elementary School in Gwinnett County. - The resolved clause has the Senate commend Trent and wish her continued success. - A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy available for distribution to Trent. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-13) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-02-13) - Sponsors: Shawn Still, Clint Dixon, Sheikh Rahman, Nikki Merritt, Randal Mangham, Bill Cowsert - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70272 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr177.md?full=1