The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) requests families provide Social Security Numbers for children attending Pre-K. DECAL uses Social Security Numbers to insure accurate enrollment information, to help
prevent fraudulent student attendance reporting, and to obtain a unique 10-digit identifier (GTID) for your child from the Georgia Department of Education. This GTID number will be associated with your child for the remainder of their
schooling years instead of their Social Security Number. Social Security Numbers are not used by DECAL for any other purpose. The Social Security Numbers are not shared with any other vendors or third parties and, for security
reasons, they are encrypted in our database.
While a Social Security Number is not required to attend Georgia’s Pre-K Program, it is beneficial to both you and your child to provide this information. If a Social Security Number is not given for a child, DECAL requires that you specify a reason below to explain why the information is not being provided.