Common use of Governing Structure Clause in Contracts

Governing Structure. School Board and KWCS acknowledge that, as a charter school, the KWCS is a recognized public school under Florida Law and is a public school of the Monroe County School District; and, as such is subject to the oversight of the Department of Education, the Monroe County School Board, the Superintendent, and MCSD staff. 15.1 KWCS shareholders, Board of Directors, officers, and employees are listed in ATTACHMENT R. KWCS agrees to keep the School Board informed on a timely and regular basis of any additions or deletions of persons to this list. 15.2 KWCS agrees that it will generate and maintain its books, records, and documents in accordance with applicable provisions of Florida law, and that its operations will conform to the requirements specified in its articles of incorporation and duly adopted by-laws. 15.3 KWCS shall promptly submit to the School Board all governance documents of the KWCS as they are created or should be created by law, including but not limited to minutes of meetings, board resolutions, and consents to actions taken without a full board meeting. Governing board meetings of the KWCS shall be announced and posted and published in accordance with the provisions of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 120, Florida Statutes. KWCS Charter Board members will be required to complete training under FL Statues 1002, Section 33 (9)(k)(4) which includes governance in accordance with Sunshine Laws, conflicts of interest, ethics, and financial responsibility. This training will include accurate financial planning and good business practices. The Charter School principal, as well as the bookkeeper, will be required to take this training. Sample by-laws are in ATTACHMENT S. 15.4 KWCS, under the name Key West Independent Education, Inc., has been granted a tax-exempt charitable organization status pursuant to the provision of Section 501 (C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. KWCS shall not permit its status under the Internal Revenue Code to lapse or be revoked, and KWCS shall at all times during the terms of this Charter remain a Florida not-for-profit organization in good standing. 15.5 To avoid any conflicts of interest and violations of the public officers and employees ethics laws, KWCS agrees that none of its shareholders, directors, officers, or employees will also be employed in any position by the School Board. Any School Board employee desiring to be simultaneously employed by KWCS shall notify the Superintendent of Schools in writing requesting a waiver of this prohibition. Nothing in this provision shall operate to prohibit children of School Board employees from being eligible for enrolling in, and attending KWCS programs. KWCS Charter Board members will have full disclosure of the identity of all relatives employed by the KWCS who are related to the Board and the employees of the school. For the purpose of this subparagraph, the term relative means father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, all the in-laws, the steps and the halves. 15.6 KWCS shall provide instruction for each school year for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days or for such minimum as is set forth by the School Board for other public schools in Monroe County. KWCS has the option to adopt a school-year operating calendar that differs from the school-year operating calendar adopted district-wide by the School Board; however, if KWCS does adopt a different school-year operating calendar, KWCS shall be responsible for, and shall pay to the School Board reasonable costs incurred by the School Board resulting from or related to the differing calendar. 15.7 The School Board's policies and procedures shall apply to the KWCS unless mutually agreed to in writing by both the School Board and the KWCS. The KWCS will maintain a website that will provide all information pursuant to state statue 120.536 (1) and 120.54 regarding school data as well as information related to school performance. Links will be provided for necessary information. 15.8 The School Board shall not impose additional reporting requirements on the KWCS without providing reasonable and specific justification in writing to the KWCS.