Board of Early Care and Learning
PUBLIC NOTICE
Board of Early Care and Learning Meeting
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning will hold its quarterly board meeting on Thursday, February 16, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS), located at 2 Martin Luther King Jr., Drive, SE, East Tower, 8th Floor, Board Room, Atlanta, GA 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, February 15, 2023; 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 Go To Webinar chat box 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 February 16, 2023 meeting date.
For more information about the upcoming board meeting, contact Quandra Obi, Board Liaison, at 404-651-7432.
Following are dates for the 2022 quarterly meetings of the Board of Early Care and Learning:
- 1st Quarter: February 17, 2022
- 2nd Quarter: May 19, 2022
- 3rd Quarter: August 25, 2022
- 4th Quarter: November 17, 2022
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 (Chair)
- (002) Second Congressional District - Susan Harper, Albany, GA
- (003) Third Congressional District - Kathy Howell, Carrollton, GA (Secretary)
- (004) Fourth Congressional District - Karla Zisook, Decatur, GA
- (005) Fifth Congressional District - Vacant
- (006) Sixth Congressional District - Kristy Beam, Atlanta, GA
- (007) Seventh Congressional District - Kristin Morrissey, Cumming, GA
- (008) Eighth Congressional District - Luann Purcell, Ed.D., Warner Robins, GA
- (009) Ninth Congressional District - Cristina Washell, Ed.D., Cleveland, GA
- (010) Tenth Congressional District - Joanna Hill, Watkinsville, GA
- (011) Eleventh Congressional District - Jen Bennecke, Atlanta, GA
- (012) Twelfth Congressional District - Kimberly Neville, Atlanta, GA
- (013) Thirteenth Congressional District - Melissa Boekhaus, MD., Smyrna, GA
- (014) Fourteenth Congressional District - Debra Brock, Calhoun, GA (Vice-Chair)
To contact a board member, call 404-651-7432, or click on the board member's name to email.