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Policy committee tables travel expense-reimbursement changes after debate over GSA per diem and receipts
Summary
Committee members debated a proposed expense-reimbursement policy that would standardize meal reimbursements using GSA per diem rates for out-of-state travel; members asked staff to clarify whether receipts would still be required and ultimately tabled the item for revision.
The Wallingford Board of Education policy committee on April 8 tabled proposed changes to the district's expense-reimbursement policy after a prolonged discussion about using federal GSA per diem rates for out-of-state travel and whether itemized receipts would still be required.
Staff explained the proposed change would standardize meal reimbursements by using the federal General Services Administration (GSA) meal and incidental expense rates based on travel location and length of travel. The presenter said the proposal "put in how many days you're going, that the city you're going to and this federal…
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