Excellent Schools New Mexico

“When the 990 is completed, it is sent to Scott Hindman, Executive Director, and the board treasurer for review. If any changes are required, they are made at this time. The Board Treasurer then forwards the 990 to the full Board with his recommendation to approve. The Full Board does an additional review and if there are no objections or additional changes, it is approved and filed.”

“Excellent Schools New Mexico (ESNM) has a policy directing the Board Chair and other Board Members on how to disclose a potential conflict of interest when issues are discussed or voted on, which includes disclosure and the party removing themselves from the meeting during discussion and vote. The policy directs the board or committee to seek alternates to the proposed transaction so as not producing a conflict of interest unless a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible. The minutes of the meeting reflect the disclosure made, the persons present for the discussion and vote, the content of the discussion. At the beginning of each fiscal year, ESNM provides a copy of ESNM's Conflict of Interest Policy to each regent, officer and employee for review, and all such persons complete a Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form to be on file with ESNM.”

“In 2016, the board of directors engaged with an independent, experienced, education-focused consulting and executive search firm to hire and determine the compensation of the executive director. The compensation determination included a review of comparative information from similar organizations with similar missions and similar sizes.”

“Governing documents, policies, financial statements and the IRS Form 990 are made available to the public upon request within three working days of the date the request was made.”