--- title: Blog - BoardOnTrack | finance committee description: finance committee | Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership. --- # BoardOnTrack Expert insights on charter school governance, charter school board roles, and the charter school CEO-board partnership. ## [What is a Finance Committee?](https://boardontrack.com/blog/what-is-a-finance-committee) Your charter school is a multimillion-dollar business, and financial oversight is a critically important function for your board. The number one reason charter schools fail across the country remains... [Read More ** ](https://boardontrack.com/blog/what-is-a-finance-committee) ## **Subscribe to the BoardOnTrack newsletter** Join thousands of trustees and executives learning to lead even better with BoardOnTrack. ### **[![charter school governance index](https://boardontrack.com/hubfs/BoardOnTrack_October_2022/Images/Screen-Shot-2020-02-19-at-4.18.12-PM-1.png)](https://hubs.ly/H0ndxT40)What’s the state of charter school governance today?** Learn the six surprising trends revealed by this first-ever national charter school governance index. [Get the full report now ](https://pages3.boardontrack.com/governance-index) ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=31758&fmt=gif) ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=31758&fmt=gif)