Innovate Public Schools

“Reviewed by director of finance and ceo prior to submission. Provided to board for review (prior to submission if available) via email.”

“Annually key employees are required to read and acknowledge that they have read the conflicts of interest policy. If a conflict of interest is disclosed, that person is excluded from any decision-making regarding the person or contract that might present a conflict of interest. For example, if two employees are married, we ensure they do not report to each other, nor do they have any control over the salary or performance evaluation of the other. If an employee has a personal relationship with a potential vendor, we follow a formal process to evaluate multiple potential vendors, and a team of people assess the relative merits of the vendors, and a contract is awarded based on this determination. The employee with the potential conflict of interest is excluded from any discussion or decision-making about the decision to contract with the potential vendor.”

“Steps in the salary determination process: without the ceo present, the board held an executive session to review the 2017 performance of the ceo. It was decided that the ceo had exceeded expectations and to align the salary increase closely with the organization-wide policy. Board consensus on the performance review (including salary) was confirmed via email once final documents were complete. The ceo was not part of that email. The board chair discussed the performance review (including salary) with the ceo on behalf of the board.”

“Other officers and key employees are determined by the ceo and approved by the board.”

“AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.”

“Lobbying - the lobbying efforts at the state level have been primarily on the california state budget and the allocation of increased monetary investments in the state budget toward education related activities, particularly as it relates to covid-19 relief efforts, learning loss recovery and high-quality tutoring. None of this funding will go directly to innovate public schools. Statewide - innovate organizes thousands of parents throughout california. In 2022, 14 parent leaders were nominated to serve on innovate's ca statewide parent leader board. The ca statewide parent leader board is a body of volunteer parent leaders representing thousands of black and latino parents, parents of students with learning differences, and parents of english learners. Parent leaders live and work in los angeles, san francisco, san jose, redwood city, and east palo alto. Canvassing - canvassing is the initial point of contact to get them to know innovate and the work that we do, "prospecting".”