Élan Academy Charter School
Minutes
Finance/Development Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday July 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
6501 Berkley Drive, New Orleans, LA 70131; (504) 619-9720; www.elanacademy.org
The matters listed are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may, in fact, be discussed. Other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. All agenda items are informational unless otherwise denoted, though all committee reports require a vote for acceptance. The meeting will be held on the campus of the school.
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Committee Members Present
D. Patin, L. Knight
Committee Members Absent
C. Silas, J. Thibodeaux
Guests Present
A. Gonzalez, Alicia Humphres, M. Clark, mrossi@4thsectorsolutions.com
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Minutes Approval from March Finance/Development Committee Meeting
II. Finance Committee
A.
FYE 2026 YTD Overview
B.
Reviewed updated budget. Numbers are in line with discussion from May meeting. Dashboard markers all look good. We will vote on same at board meeting upcoming. No action needed at this time.
C.
FYE 2026/2027 Budget Discussion
D.
Financial Policies & Procedures Review & Discussion
4th Sector has taken an effort at revising the policy. Alicia has prepared a proposed draft which is now awaiting Kevin's review and comment. Once received, the committee will review and consider for recommendation and vote to the full board.
Plan to work with staff regarding budgeting and spending accounting.
Proposed budget is working from a deficit standpoint.
Believe that we will be able to stay close or under budgeted amounts across the board.
Budget will be recommended to board for vote