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BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

The LaSalle Parish School Board shall provide an expense allowance and provide for expense reimbursement for its members in accordance with state law. School Board members shall also be authorized to receive reimbursement for mileage outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the School Board while on official School Board business, all in accordance with School Board policy.  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.

School Board Members will be paid $630.00 on a monthly basis, effective January 1, 2016.  The President shall be provided an additional $50.00 monthly expense allowance.

Revised:  August, 2003

Revised:  August, 2004

Revised:  December 7, 2015

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

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:56, 17:81

Board minutes, 12-7-15

LaSalle Parish School Board