Board of Early Care and Learning

PUBLIC NOTICE

Board of Early Care and Learning Meeting

The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) will hold its quarterly board meeting on Thursday, August 28, 2025, starting at 9 a.m. The board meeting will be held at 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, East Tower 8^th Floor, Oak Room, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

A Public Comment period regarding issues relating to early care and education will begin at 1 p.m. in the Oak Conference Room. Speakers have the following options through which to submit their comments: 1. Can type their comments during the virtual meeting using the Go To Webinar chat box; 2. Can email their comments to quandra.obi@decal.ga.gov before 5 p.m. Wednesday, August 27, 2025; or 3. Can appear in person at 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SE, East Tower, 8th floor, Oak Conference Room, Atlanta, GA 30334 and sign-in before 1 p.m. to address the board in person. Speakers will be allowed to speak for two minutes. Comments submitted in writing through the Teams comment section and will be read aloud to the entire board.

If no comments are submitted in writing and no guest speakers have signed in by 1 p.m., the board will resume its regular meeting. If no comments or guest speakers have arrived by the end of the board’s regular business meeting, the board will adjourn.

The link to register for the meeting will be provided as we get closer to the August 28, 2025, meeting date.

For more information about the upcoming board meeting, contact Quandra Obi, Board Liaison, at 404-651-7432.

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Following are dates for the 2025 quarterly meetings of the Board of Early Care and Learning:

• 1st Quarter: February 20, 2025
• 2nd Quarter: May 15, 2025
• 3rd Quarter: August 28, 2025
• 4th Quarter: November 20, 2025

Agenda, presentations and minutes for board meetings for the current year will be posted below by quarter. Approved minutes from previous board meetings as well as meeting agendas and presentations for board meetings starting in 2014 can be viewed under the Archive tab. Click here for meeting agendas and presentations from board meetings held before 2014.

District Map

Board Members:

• (001) First Congressional District - Phil Davis Savannah, GA
• (002) Second Congressional District - Susan Harper, Albany, GA
• (003) Third Congressional District - Joyce Freeman, Bowdon, GA
• (004) Fourth Congressional District - Kristy Beam, Ed.D.,Atlanta, GA (Chair)
• (005) Fifth Congressional District - Karla Zisook, PhD, Decatur, GA
• (006) Sixth Congressional District - Jen Bennecke, Atlanta, GA
• (007) Seventh Congressional District - Kristin Morrissey, Cumming, GA (Vice Chair)
• (008) Eighth Congressional District - Karen Jones, Ed.D., Warner Robins, GA
• (009) Ninth Congressional District - Cristina Washell, Ed.D., Cleveland, GA (Secretary)
• (010) Tenth Congressional District - Joanna Hill, Watkinsville, GA
• (011) Eleventh Congressional District - Maria Franklin, Adairsville, GA
• (012) Twelfth Congressional District - Vacant
• (013) Thirteenth Congressional District - Vacant
• (014) Fourteenth Congressional District - Sylvia Washington, MD, Rome, GA

To contact a board member, call 404-651-7432, or click on the board member's name to email.