California School Employees Association

“The organization has members who have the right to elect members of the governing body and the right to elect delegates to annual conference to approve significant decisions of the governing body.”

“All regular members have a right to vote for delegates who elect the statewide officers (association president, first vice president, second vp and secretary). Likewise, regular members may vote for area directors in their respective area.”

“Any changes to the constitution and bylaws and the annual budget are approved by the board and then brought to the membership for approval by delegates at conference before they are implemented.”

“The organization does not have any committees with the authority to act on behalf of the governing body. However, all of the organization's committees document their meetings.”

“Form 990 will be reviewed by the chief financial officer before it is filed with the irs.”

“The board has a conflict of interest policy in place. Likewise, all employees are covered by a conflict of interest operating procedure. While all employees are required to report any conflict of interest, each department head (key employee) is required to sign annually a form which: (1) affirms that the person has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy and has agreed to comply with it and (2) discloses interests that could give rise to a conflict of interest. Board members are also required to sign a form annually which makes similar affirmations as the department heads. Determination of whether a conflict exists is made at the board level for board members and by the executive director for staff.”

“We benchmarked specific management positions with a consultant in fy2023, unlike the previous year where we had the consultant evaluate all management positions. The positions we benchmarked are as follows: the executive director, the sr.manager, accounting and finance, director of facilities. The process was last undertaken in 2023.”

“The organization does not make these documents available to the public.”

“Pension related changes other than net periodic pension costs 38,443,065. Net periodic benefit income, net of service cost 5,639,209. Transfer of cumulative net assets to csea assistance fund ein 82-3776783 -803,290.”