HR 939: Williams, Lauren; 2025 Georgia Scholar; DeKalb County School District; commend

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizing Lauren Williams, a senior at the DeKalb School of the Arts in the DeKalb County School District, for being named a 2025 Georgia Scholar. The Georgia Scholar program, run by the Georgia Department of Education with local school districts, honors high school seniors who have excelled academically and contributed to their communities, and each honoree receives a special diploma seal and a commemorative graduation cord. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It simply states the House's congratulations to Williams and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for her.

• Formally congratulates Lauren Williams for being named a 2025 Georgia Scholar by the Georgia Department of Education.
• States the House's best wishes for her continued future success.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to Williams.
• Creates no new law, funding, or requirement; it is a purely honorary statement.

The resolution names Lauren Williams, a senior at the DeKalb School of the Arts, and references the DeKalb County School District and the Georgia Department of Education, which runs the Georgia Scholar program she was recognized under.

The resolution has no practical legal effect and changes no Georgia law or funding. Its significance is symbolic: it places an official House record honoring a specific DeKalb County student's academic achievement and gives her a formal keepsake of that recognition.

• The whereas clauses describe the Georgia Scholar program, which honors high school seniors for academic excellence and community contribution and awards a diploma seal and graduation cord.
• The resolving clause has the House of Representatives congratulate Lauren Williams and wish her continued success.
• A further resolution clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to Williams.

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

• Angela Moore (D, HD-091)Patrocinador principal
• Omari Crawford (D, HD-089)

• Georgia Scholar program
• DeKalb County School District
• education honors
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