BBBE, Compensation and Expenses

FILE: BBBE

COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES

The East Baton Rouge Parish 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. Each member of the School Board shall be authorized an expense allowance of $800.00 per month and $900.00 per month for the School Board President. School Board members shall also be authorized to receive reimbursement for mileage going to and from meetings as well as reimbursement for travel and related expenses outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the School Board while on official School Board business, all in accordance with School Board policy. For out-of-parish 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.

The President may at the discretion of the School Board be provided an additional monthly expense allowance of up to $150.00 for his/her duties as President.

BENEFITS

Members of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board (“School Board members”) and their dependents shall be eligible to participate in the School District’s group health insurance plan in the same manner as active employees in the School System.

Any current or past School Board member who has served in such capacity for at least eight (8) consecutive years immediately prior to the completion of the School Board members last term of office shall be eligible to continue participation in the group health insurance program (hereinafter “eligible School Board member”) in the same manner as non-School Board member retirees. If the eligible former School Board member complies with the eight (8) year service and plan participation requirements, they shall be deemed fully vested participants in the School District’s group health insurance program.

Any School Board member beginning service on the School Board by any means after January 1, 2021 (01/01/2021) will not be eligible to continue participation in the group health insurance program after his/her service has ended and will have no rights of vesting in the District’s group health insurance plan.

EXPENSES

School Board members shall be allowed a travel allotment of $5,500 per School Board member per fiscal year.

School Board members shall be reimbursed travel expenses in accordance with regulations established by the School Board for staff personnel with the following allowances:

Transportation	least expensive air-fare or equivalent to and from the convention site, and incidental transportation fees such as buses, cabs, limousines, or other public conveyances
Fees and Registration	registration fees or comparable fees
Hotel or Motel Accommodations	single room rate
Meals and Incidental Expenses	maximum of $40.00 per day, if incurred

All transportation tickets or fares, other than cab fares, and hotel or motel receipts shall be submitted with expense vouchers.

Revised: January, 2010	Revised: October 19, 2017
Revised: September, 2011	Revised: November 19, 2020

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

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:56

Board minutes, 8-20-09, 2-17-11, 10-19-17, 11-19-20

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board