Northside Charter High School

“The school revised the following bylaws on july 27, 2016: 1) the board is changing from three to four standing committees: the executive committee, the finance committee, the education and accountability committee, and the board development committee. 2) authority of board committees: the board may delegate to a standing committee any of the authority of the board, additional exceptions with respect to: - the final approval of recommendations regarding formal complaints filed by individuals or groups against the school - the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board which, by its terms, shall not be so amendable or repealable; and - the granting of degrees. 3) the bylaws or any one or more of the provisions thereof may, at any annual, regular or special meeting of the board of trustees, be amended by changing, altering, suspending, supplementing or repealing the same; proivded, however, that no bylaw by which more than a majority vote shall be required for any specified action by the board of trustees shall be amended, changed, altered, suspended, supplemented or repealed by a smaller vote than that required for aciton thereunder. 4) no material amendment to the bylaws shall be effective without approval of the northside charter high school's authorizer.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by management and the finance committee of the board of trustees for approval. If changes are required, the school will then forward the form 990 to the auditing firm and a final version will be distributed to all board members prior to the irs submission.”

“The school shares its conflict of interest policy with board members, officers and key employees (if any) on an annual basis. Officers, directors, and key employees (if any) are expected to declare if at any point a conflict of interest arises. After disclosure of a potential conflict, the individual in question must recuse themselves from voting on the matter. Such matters involving the existence of conflicts of interest are documented in the minutes of the governing board.”

“Comparable data is used by the board when determining the compensation of officers. The board must document how it reached its decisions in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. Documentation will include: a) a description of the compensation and benefits and the date it was approved; b) a description of the comparability data relied upon and how the data was obtained. This process was last undertaken in fy17.”

“The organization makes its form 990 available for public inspection as required under section 6104 of the internal revenue code. The return is posted on guidestar.org and other similar types of websites. In addition, the financial statements, conflict of interest policy, articles of incorporation and by-laws are also available upon written request at 424 leonard street, 4th floor, new york, ny 11222, or by calling the organization directly at (347)390-1273.”

“The school has a finance committee that is responsible for oversight of the audit and selection of the independent auditor. The process has not changed from the prior year.”