GA HR1775

Honors and commends Representative Brooks P. Coleman, Jr. (District 97) on his retirement from the Georgia House of Representatives after 26 years of service, having been first elected in 1992 to represent portions of Gwinnett County

Recognizes his career as an educator in the Gwinnett County Public School System, where he served as teacher, principal, director of curriculum, and assistant superintendent, holding degrees up to a doctorate in administration/curriculum

Highlights his role as long-standing Chairman of the House Committee on Education and his authorship of legislation supporting low-performing schools, reforming teacher retirement benefits, eliminating the Georgia High School Graduation Test, enacting the Student Health and Physical Education Act, and raising compensation for math and science teachers

Notes that the first STEAM school in Gwinnett County—Coleman Middle School in Duluth—was named in his honor, located on the site where he began teaching in 1963 and held his first principal position

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Representative Coleman