Kipp West Philadelphia Charter School

“The board may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, establish an executive committee which consists of officers and other members of the board as appointed as necessary by the president, which committee may render decisions on matters requiring action occurring between board meetings. Any decision rendered by the executive committee will be reviewed and put before the full board of trustees for ratification. The executive committee shall have authority in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation within such limits as may be prescribed by the board. In no event shall the executive committee have any power or authority as to the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board.”

“The organization amended its bylaws during the fiscal year. The following amendment was made: no board member shall, as a private person, engage in any business transaction with the charter school of which he or she is a trustee, be employed in any capacity by the charter school of which he or she is a trustee, or receive from such charter school any pay for services rendered to the charter school.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm. Prior to filing with the internal revenue service, the form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee and board.”

“The conflict of interest policy applies to every representative of the organization, including, but not limited to, the trustees and officers. In the event that a potential conflict of interest does arise involving an officer or trustee, its nature and extent should be fully disclosed immediately to the board chair, who, after making a thorough review of the circumstances, will report to the board of trustees, who will determine the appropriate action to be taken. All board members and key employees are required to file an annual statement of financial interests.”

“The finance committee annually reviews the performance of the school leaders based on evaluation of goals and objectives. Based on such evaluation, the finance committee submits the recommended compensation to the executive committee for review then to the board for final approval. Additionally, the finance committee and the executive committee carefully evaluate competitive information for similarly qualified individuals in comparable positions at like sized and situated organizations. This review process as well as the final determinations are timely documented in the board minutes. No other compensated individual meets the internal revenue service definition of officer or key employee”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Contracted education services: program service expenses 2,110,144. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,110,144. Other professional fees: program service expenses 474,700. Management and general expenses 112,629. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 587,329. Payroll service: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 25,991. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 25,991.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Effective july 1, 2020, kipp west philadelphia preparatory charter school merged with kipp west philadelphia charter school. As a result, the school is part of the public school employees' retirement system (psers), which is a governmental cost-sharing multiple employer defined pension plan that provides benefits to public school employees of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. Under governmental-wide accounting for governmental accounting standards (gasb) reporting, the school is required to record their allocated portion of the psers net pension liability, deferred inflows and deferred outflows on an annual basis since the adoption of accounting standard gasb 68 - accounting and financial reporting for pensions. Under gasb reporting, the school is required to record their allocated portion of the psers other postemployment benefit (opeb) liability, deferred inflows and deferred outflows on an annual basis since the adoption of accounting standard gasb 74 and 75 - accounting and financial reporting for postemployment benefits other than pensions. As a result of the fiscal year 2024 allocations and gasb journal entries required to be recorded, the psers pension and opeb activity resulted in a credit for june 30, 2024 fiscal year.”