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“The audit committee reviews the form 990 and a copy is provided to all board members prior to filing with the irs.”

“All new board members are required to complete a conflict of interest statement as part of their orientation, and all existing board members are required to complete an updated form at the annual board meeting in october. The ceo's executive assistant is charged with making sure every board member has completed a form and reporting the outcomes to the audit committee chair.”

“Kcpt reviews annual data compiled by the corporation for public broadcasting to monitor comparable positions and salaries and to try to maintain a median level of compensation. This data is used to monitor staff salaries, ceo salaries, and benefit comparables for staff & ceo. Aggregate staff compensation and benefit information is reported and discussed throughout the year to the finance and hr committee of the board. The executive committee of the board establishes criteria that includes both the ofjective criteria for financial performance and subjective criteria for leadership and execution of the strategic plan. The executive committee meets with the ceo to discuss this criteria and then the committee determines any bonus and increase as an outcome of the evaluation.”

“Form 990, the governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available for public inspection upon request.”

“Educational activities (k-12, early education, kc reache distance learning, ged/adult education): kcpt's k-12 media service provides curriculum based classroom media services to approximately 210 area schools, which includes 7,000 teachers and 87,000 students. The video content is correlated to state standards and enables teachers to actively engage students in any subject matter. Teacher professional development is included in this service at no additional charge. Kcpt also facilitates a 10 week martha speaks reading program with area 4th grade students reading to kindergartners. Martha speaks is a vocabulary/language arts program and website with outreach components that teaches new words to children. Kcpt also places raising readers library corners in area libraries. The corners house several activity books tied to pbs children's literacy programs. In addition, quarterly early education professional development sessions are held at kcpt and are offered free of charge to area early education teachers. Kc reache is an alliance between kcpt and 7 accredited post-secondary institutions with a mission to provide time-flexible distance learning options to students in the kc area. Kcpt's web site offers, free of charge, ged connection, workplace essential skills and financial fitness providing a convenient web alternative for adults to get their ged certificate and improve their lives. The population served by all educational efforts includes infants through adults.”

“Kcpt community engagement: kcpt is leading a 3-year effort, take note, to study the state of education in the kc metro to determine what methods are working and what aren't. The goal is to find out how to replicate schools that are successful. Kcpt is one of a select group of pbs stations participating in the american graduate initiative. Kcpt partners with business, education and workforce related organizations to convene gatherings and create content about the state of the workforce and career opportunitities. The intended focus group is youth and young adults, returning veterans, and adults in career transition. Kcpt strives to advance conversations through community engagement, to explore complicated issues with thoughtful reporting and to share stories of people, places, and progress in the community.”

“Kcpt has an audit committee that assumes responsibility for overseeing the audit and the selection of the independent accountant. The process has not changed from the prior year.”