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.”

“Chicanos por la causa, inc., related entity, provides management services for the organization.”

“The organization has a sole member, chicanos por la causa, inc., an arizona nonprofit corporation.”

“The sole member, chicanos por la causa, inc., has the right to appoint and remove the board of directors.”

“Any voting rights of the member as specified by the bylaws may be exercised by the member through the action of its board of directors or its designated representative. The following actions, however taken, only have effect if they are approved by the member; provided, however, that the member may initiate any such action in its sole discretion. (a) appointment and removal of the directors; (b) amendment of the bylaws of this corporation; (c) merger, consolidation, and dissolution of this corporation; (d) creation of subsidiaries or affiliates of this corporation; (e) appointment and removal of the president; (f) adoption of the corporation's annual budget as well as any expenditure that would result in the corporation exceeding the budgeted amounts approved in the corporation's annual budget; and (g) any material changes to the curriculum or educational program implemented by the corporation.”

“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 2021.”

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