BOARD MEMBER COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES 164

Wautoma Area School District
Approved 12/10/98

Remuneration for Board Members shall be determined each year at the Annual Meeting. Such pay shall be applicable for all regular, special, and committee meetings held by Board members with mileage for meetings and other school business at the same rate as school employees.
1. Mileage Expenses
Board members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses of a Board member when traveling in the performance of duties.
2. Loss of Earnings
The District may reimburse a Board of Education Member for actual loss of earnings when duties require the Board member to be absent from regular employment up to $100 per day.
3. Membership Fees
The District may pay the membership fee in an organization of school boards in this State and the actual and necessary expenses of its representatives incurred in attending meetings of such organizations.
4. Continuing Education
The District may also pay to provide for the orientation and continuing education of Board of Education members and persons who have been elected to the Board, but have not yet taken office in the general duties and responsibilities of the Board, and pay for the actual and necessary expenses incurred.

Legal Reference: Wisconsin State Statute §120.10(3), 120.10(4), 120.13(16), 120.13(32)