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 IN PERSON on Thursday, August 26, 2021, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Department of Community Supervision (DCS) Board Room, located at 2 Martin Luther King Jr., Drive, SE, East Tower, Suite 866, Atlanta, GA 30334.
NOTE: Because the state is transitioning out of the public health emergency, this meeting will also be held virtually using GoTo Webinar. Check the DECAL website at www.decal.ga.gov as August 26, 2021, gets closer for the link to access to the board meeting online.
A Public Comment period regarding issues relating to early care and education will begin at 1 p.m. in the DCS Board Room. Anyone wishing to address the board should sign-in to speak before 1 p.m. If no guest speakers have arrived by 1 p.m., the board will resume its regular meeting. If no guest speakers arrive by the end of the board's regular business meeting, the board will adjourn.
If you have questions about the upcoming board meeting, contact Quandra Collins, Board Liaison, at 404-651-7432.
Following are dates for the 2021 quarterly meetings of the Board of Early Care and Learning:
- 1st Quarter: February 18, 2021
- 2nd Quarter: May 20, 2021
- 3rd Quarter: August 26, 2021
- 4th Quarter: November 18, 2021
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 (Co-Chair)
- (002) Second Congressional District - Susan Harper, Albany, GA (Chair)
- (003) Third Congressional District - Kathy Howell, Carrollton, GA (Secretary)
- (004) Fourth Congressional District - Vacant
- (005) Fifth Congressional District - Vacant
- (006) Sixth Congressional District - Vacant
- (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 - Vacant
- (011) Eleventh Congressional District - Jen Bennecke, Atlanta, GA
- (012) Twelfth Congressional District - Vacant
- (013) Thirteenth Congressional District - Melissa Boekhaus, MD., Smyrna, GA
- (014) Fourteenth Congressional District - Debra Brock, Calhoun, GA
To contact a board member, call 404-651-7432, or click on the board member's name to email.