Ohio School Boards Association

“According to OSBA's Constitution, Ohio's city, exempted village, local and joint vocational school district boards of education, educational service center governing boards and the State Board of Education are eligible for membership in OSBA. These entities shall become members upon payment of dues. Each member board shall be entitled to appoint one of its members as a delegate to the annual business meeting or other called meeting of the association with the power to vote.”

“Trustees are selected by a vote of regional committees of school board members. The association's president-elect is voted in by a delegate assembly consisting of one board member from each member school district.”

“Changes to the bylaws, constitution and legislative platform must be approved by the delegate assembly at the annual business meeting.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the executive committee of the board of trustees prior to filing. Formal action is taken to approve the filing.”

“Trustees update their written disclosure at least annually in february. They are instructed at each meeting to complete a new disclosure form if any changes occurred since february. A copy of the form is included in their governance manual. As public officials, they fully understand the need for disclosure”

“A formal compensation study was completed in 2009 by an outside consultant. He compared salaries of other school boards associations, non-profit entities and businesses of a similar size, budget and geographic area. This was done for all positions in the association. The market value compensation study was the basis of a formalized grade salary structure. Annually, the salary structure is reviewed and possibly revised based on increases or decreases in the cost of living index. Full compensation studies will be conducted every five years.”

“A formal compensation study was completed in 2009 by an outside consultant. He compared salaries of other school boards associations, non-profit entities and businesses of similar size, budget and geographic area. This was done for all positions in the association. The market value compensation study was the basis of a formalized grade salary structure.”

“Members of the public can request copies of organizational documents by contacting osba in person or in writing. There is no charge for one copy of the 990 or 990-t. The 990 is also available on www.guidestar.org.”

“(Expenses $ 1,002,339 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 689,142) ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDING PROGRAM-RELATED PUBLICATIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, PERIODICALS, DIRECT ADVERTISING, ETC.”