Learningspring School

“Patrick mullin and thomas delaney have a family relationship.”

“The 990 was reviewed by both the budget and finance and the audit committees. The treasurer of the board of trustees then presented the completed form 990 to the board of trustees for review and approval. The completed and approved form 990 was filed timely with the irs and copies were made available for public inspection.”

“The board of trustees is charged with considering and resolving all conflicts of interest and/or potential conflicts of interest. In order to carry out this responsibility, the board of trustees will conduct an annual conflict of interest survey one month prior to the first board meeting of each fiscal year. Any conflict of interest, or potential conflict of interest that arises during the period between annual surveys must be disclosed to the audit committee or head of school, as appropriate. The board of trustees will review conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, and will make a written record of resolution of each matter. Interested parties who have an actual or potential conflict of interest will not participate in decisions or discussions affecting that interest and the organization.”

“The committee of trustees is responsible for compensation for head of school. They review information regarding head of school salaries from guidestar and nysais, as well as discussions with other local school boards. They propose the compensation to the board of trustees for final approval. Changes in salary level, including annual increases, are approved by the board of trustees and were reviewed in 2019.”

“The board of trustees of learningspring school authorizes the school head to make available for public inspection the school's form 1023, application for recognition of exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, form 990, return of organization exempt from income tax, the current audited annual financial statement, and the learningspring school bylaws. The availability of these documents are in accordance to the guidelines in policy 100-legal status of the school, section iv-records and communications. Copies of recent 990's are available on public websites for inspection and downloading.”

“In the middle of March 2020, the School went virtual once NYS required all Schools to go virtual and stop offering on-campus classes. At that point, the employees in the Finance Department began working remotely. People came in through the 20th. However, the internal controls to the key cycles did not change. All finance employees coordinated to rotate going into the office once or twice a week on alternating days.”