FILE:  BBBE

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BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

The Zachary Community School Board shall provide an expense allowance and provide for expense reimbursement for its members in accordance with state law at a rate as set by the School Board.  School Board members shall also be authorized to receive the same mileage allowance as provided to state elected officials going to and from the meetings for every meeting of the School Board as well as reimbursement for travel and related expenses outside the School Board’s jurisdictional boundaries on School Board business.  For out-of-state travel, School Board members shall secure prior approval of the School Board.

Any action increasing the compensation for School Board members shall require a two-thirds (⅔) vote of the total membership.  Before any action is taken, however, the School Board shall advertise the time and place where the meeting is to be held to consider the expense allowance in the official journal of the School Board on at least two (2) separate days during the fifteen (15) days immediately preceding such meeting.

MEMBERS’ ABSENCE AT MEETINGS

Effective January 1, 2017, a School Board member shall be allowed to miss three (3) regularly scheduled monthly School Board meetings during a calendar year with no penalty.  Any member exceeding three (3) absences shall forfeit $100.00 per absence, not to exceed amount allowed by State law.

In the event that a current member is replaced for the remainder of an unexpired term by an appointed or newly-elected member, this policy shall be applied to the new member for the remainder of the unexpired term of office on a pro-rata basis.

Ref:    Constitution of Louisiana, Art. VIII, Sec. 8

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:56, 17:81

Board minutes, 10-23-03, 5-12-05, 5-12-11, 11-15-16

Zachary Community School Board