Alabama Coalition For

“The return is prepared by an independent cpa. Upon completion of the preparation and prior to the filing of the return, the return is provided to the program director. The program director is responsible for reviewing the return and forwarding the return to the directors. The directors and program director will determine if any changes or adjustments need to be made. Any changes or adjustments will be provided to and discussed with the independent cpa. Once all changes have been made and the directors have completed a final review, the return will be filed.”

“To ensure the organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects: (a) whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining, and (b) whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the organization's written policies, are propertly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurement, impermissible benefit or in an excess benefit transaction.”

“The governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Advocacy : we advocate for the advancement of policy that helps to improve all public schools in alabama. More specifically, we work with policy makers and administrative agencies to ensure that our legislative agenda serves the betterment of the charter school community while bearing in mind the broader needs of all public school students in alabama. Community engagement: we ensure that parents and communities have access to clear information about school quality and the benefits that other options may present. We engage with parents, families, and communities of underserved children to support them to make appropriate school choices, identify school models that fit their families' need, and get involved in their children's education. School support: towards the goal of quality, we support schools through providing technical assistance workshops and individualized support in areas such as talent development, facility acquisition and other academic areas of support. New school development: we identify the highest-performing charter school networks in the nation and actively recruit the best among them to establish new schools in areas of the greatest need. We work to recruit high-caliber leaders and develop homegrown leaders to establish great schools in underserved communities. We provide training and development in best practice strategies in school startup through our leadership fellows grant program. Additionally, we actively seek to secure state and federal funds to support the investment in leadership and all startup activities through technical assistance and competitive grant programs. To date, we have awarded more than $22 million in grants to alabama charter schools.”