South Texas College of Law

“Material differences in voting rights the executive committee has eight regular voting members, and two ex-officio members with a vote. The president and dean is an ex-officio member without a vote. In situations where the full board cannot meet or vote, the executive committee, vis-a-vis the by-laws, is provided authorization to act on behalf of the full board of directors except for certain items specified in the by-laws.”

“Process to review form 990 the form 990 is prepared by the college's outside tax counsel with the aid of the vice president and cfo and the controller. Then, after thorough review, edits, and corrections by the controller and the vice president and cfo, it is reviewed by the college's vice president of human resources and general counsel and the president and dean, with any changes made. Then, after comments are requested and received from the full board of directors, corrections, if necessary, are made to the form. The vice president and cfo then prepares a resolution for the executive committee's consideration by proxy vote to approve the final form. Once the executive committee has approved the form, it is filed with the internal revenue service. A final copy of the form is then emailed to each board member, the president and dean, and the general counsel.”

“Organization's practice for monitoring compliance with policy the college issues a formal request each year to all board members and officers to complete and sign a conflict of interest form relative to any conflict of interests that have occurred in the past 12 months. The results of the completed forms are reviewed by the audit committee. The chair of the audit committee then reviews any specific conflicts and approves any actions requested to remediate the situation. The chair of the audit committee then meets in the executive session with the full board to discuss the situation and decide the appropriate action. The board member or officer in question of having a conflict will not participate in the meeting. Minutes are kept if an executive session is held.”

“Compensation review of officers or key employees a review is conducted annually by the executive committee of the board of directors with assistance from the vice president of human resources and general counsel. The last review was in 2018.”

“Compensation review of officers or key employees reviewed annually by the vice president of human resources and general counsel and approved by the president and dean and the executive committee of the board of directors.”

“Organizational documents made available to the public south texas college of law houston makes its conflict of interest policy and financial documents available to the public for inspection upon request. South texas college of law houston does not make its governing documents available to the public.”

“Written documentation retention and destruction policy while the college does not have an overall written document retention and destruction policy, selected departments do have a policy or practice for particular departments.”

“The college is a member of the consortium for innovative legal education, inc. (cile), a separate 501(c)(3) corporation. The college provides courses and curriculum in europe and south america for law students to obtain an international perspective in the application of law. Three other colleges are also equal members of the cile and they also provide international courses in other parts of the world. The program revenue is recognized and expenses are incurred by cile, which issues its own separate financial statements and form 990.”