Cplc Community Schools

“Alicia nunez has a business relationship due to her being the officer of the entitiy's sole member, chicanos por la causa, inc.”

“The board is appointed by the southeast arizona advisory board of chicanos por la causa, inc.”

“The organization does not have any committees that have the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The form 990 is prepared by the cpa firm and reviewed by the chicanos por la causa inc. (cplc) vp of finance for accuracy and consistency with the financial statements. It is then given to the cplc chief financial officer for review. Once approved by cplc's officers, the 990 is presented to cplc community school's board of directors prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest requires an annual declaration by all board members and key staff. We adhere to the code of conduct guidelines in the omb a110 circular. All potential conflicts are reviewed by the board of directors. Any board member of cplc's board who has a potential conflict of interest in a specific action of the board under consideration at a meeting is expected to excuse themselves from any influence on such action, request the minutes of the meeting note their abstention and, where appropriate, leave the room during discussion of the action. Since every situation and circumstance cannot be anticipated or disclosed in advance, cplc relies upon the honesty and integrity of each individual to comply with this protocol.”

“Most of the organization's officers are compensated by chicanos por la causa, inc. (cplc). Some are compensated by the organization. Compensation is reviewed by independent persons based on a compensation study. A recommendation is provided to the executive committee of the cplc board, and the cplc board, then, approves the compensation. The process is documented in the meeting minutes and is done on an annual basis. The most recent year this process was done was 2018.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public by request.”

“Special education services: program service expenses 120,361. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 120,361. Food service: program service expenses 81,074. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 81,074. Consultants: program service expenses 120,852. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 120,852.”

“Bad debt expense (recovery) 52,090.”