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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>All members of the board of directors, examination construction review committee members, item writers, and volunteers will submit a conflict of interest statement at the commencement of their term and annually thereafter. The BCEN CEO will be responsible for securing each of the conflict of interest statements and for maintaining the file of same. In addition, at the beginning of each certification board meeting and finance committee meeting, each participant is separately asked if he/she has any new possible conflicts to disclose that have arisen since the original conflict of interest statement was filed.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Compensation review procedures for the CEO are determined by the BCEN Board of Directors. The BCEN Board of Directors utilized a benefits and compensation study published by the American Society for Association Executives in 2019 as well as benchmarking data from the certification industry to determine the CEO's compensation the final compensation is approved by the BCEN Board of Directors via vote.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>BCEN's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, independent annual audit and Form 990 are available upon request. BCEN's Form 990 is also available to the public at www.guidestar.org.</ExplanationTxt>
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