Calendar of Board Topics for Homeschool Groups

A list of topics for your board to discuss each month.

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This blog post from Nonprofit Law Blog had a great idea: Create a calendar of topics your board should discuss every year.

I modified their ideas a bit for typical homeschool organizations and came up with this list of topics for your board to discuss each month:

  1. Welcome new board members and give them a history of your organization, its purpose, an understanding of their duties and a board binder. Read over the bylaws and review your mission and purpose statement.
  2. Discuss new programs and activities.
  3. Decide on discounts and appreciation gifts for volunteers.
  4. Go over best practices to avoid fraud. Read them here. Implement changes as needed.
  5. Discuss fundraising techniques.
  6. Authorize committees, recruit members and delegate duties to them.
  7. Review your conflict resolution policy. How do you solve conflicts. Read The Peacemaker.
  8. Review your risk areas, safety policies and insurance coverage.
  9. Evaluate any paid workers, independent contractor agreements, and employment practices.
  10. Recruit, nominate and elect new board members.
  11. Set a budget near the end of the year for the next year.
  12. One month after end of fiscal year file IRS form 990/990-EZ or 990-N and any state forms.

As you can see, I have links to articles and blog posts on most of these topics.

And my books,

  • Homeschool Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them and Not Burn Out
  • The IRS and Your Homeschool Organization.
  • Money Management in a Homeschool Organization

have many issues for your board to discuss as well.

Carol Topp, CPA

 

 

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