District of Columbia International

“Dci has members, each of whom is a district of columbia public charter school.”

“Unless approved by a vote of the member schools, the dci shall not take any action on a charter amendment, including an amendment to its direct agreement with the public charter school board, which would: a. Discontinue instruction in french, spanish or mandarin; b. Change the corporation's instructional framework (i.e., abandoning its intention to seek accreditation from the international baccalaureate); or c. Change its mission, as previously adopted by the corporation and set forth in its agreement with the public charter school board; or d. Increase its enrollment for any academic year by more than 25% of the enrollment projected and capped in the corporation's agreement with the public charter school board.”

“The accounting firm prepares the 990 with the coo. The executive director reviews. Finally, a copy of the draft federal form 990 is forwarded to the board of directors for review and approval before filing with the internal revenue service.”

“When a board member (and any member of a committee, including advisory committee, of the board), officer, executive or key employee of dci becomes aware of pending proposed covered transaction, he or she has a duty to take the following actions: - promptly disclose the existence and circumstances of such covered transaction to the board in writing; - refrain from using his or her personal influence to encourage dci to enter into the covered transaction; and - physically excuse himself or herself from discussions regarding the covered transaction except to answer questions, including board discussions and decisions evaluating the existence of an actual or perceived conflict of interest in such circumstances. Annually the conflict of interest policy is reviewed with all board members and key employees. Any conflict of interest issues that arise are required to be documented and addressed on an ongoing basis. We have selected some vendors where there could have possibly been a conflict of interest. Any of these possibilities are disclosed and discussed with the board before making any decision and moving forward.”

“All key employee salary amounts are reviewed and approved annually by the board of directors. Salary amounts are considered for comparability to similar organization. In the past, we reviewed salary scales every two years. Due to a high increase of the wtu contract with dcps, charters could receive funding if they demonstrated a 12.4% increase in teacher pay scales from fy19. We increased our salary scales - as we were already planning, for 23-24.”

“The documents are available upon request for inspection at the school and a copy may be obtained at the school. We submit them to the public charter school board on a quarterly basis.”

“The process has not changed from the prior years.”