School Administrators of Iowa

“Active members consist of administrators in an iowa school district, educational agency or institution who are designated as members of the adminstrative team and have remitted the proper dues assessment.”

“The organization is governed by a 32 member representative council. Active members elect candidates to a 3 year term on the representative council.”

“The return preparer provides a draft of the completed form 990 to management for review and editing. Upon completion of management's review, a final draft of form 990 is provided to the executive committee of the representative council by management in electronic form. Upon resolution of comments by executive committee members, if any, the final form 990 is signed by management and filed with the irs. The completed status of form 990 is communicated to the entire governing body and copies are provided to any member who so requests.”

“The school administrators of iowa's (sai) officers, directors, executive director and finance director will annually disclose or update the president of the executive committee on a form provided by sai their interest that could give rise to conflicts of interest. The president will determine whether to (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the executive committee and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse from participation in related discussions or decisions within sai; or (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in sai.”

“The process for setting compensation of the organization's executive director includes formal review and approval by the executive committee of the governing body, use of comparable compensation data from similarly qualified persons in comparable positions at similarly situated organizations, and contemporaneous documentation of deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement. This policy currently only applies to the executive director as there are no other employees of the organization who are officers or key employees as defined by the irs.”

“The school administrators of iowa's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and its financial statements are not made available to the general public. Such documents are, however, made available for review at the administrative office of the organization to members in good standing who so request. These documents are available for the same period of time as described in internal revenue code section 6104(d) for other public disclosure documents.”

“School administrators of iowa promotes quality education in iowa's k-12 school districts through workshops and conferences, communication with members and the public, and advocacy for members on matters involving educational issues.”

“The executive committee of the organization is responsible for the oversight of the annual financial audit and the selection of an independent accountant. There were no changes in the oversight or selection process during the tax year.”