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Board adopts revised expenses and reimbursements policy after state monitoring recommendation
Summary
Lebanon School Board approved revisions to board policy 2.804 to add specificity on emergency meals, per‑diem rates and travel vouchers following a state monitoring review.
The Lebanon School Board approved revisions to board policy 2.804, updating expenses and reimbursements language to add specificity identified during a recent state monitoring review.
District staff told the board the change responded to Tennessee Department of Education monitoring and TSBA guidance, and that the revisions make the policy more specific about allowable emergency meals, per‑diem rates and documentation. “They did recommend that there be more specificity, with this policy,” a staff presenter said during the meeting.
Under the revised language, the district will use the federal per‑diem rates recommended by the General Services Administration for meals and incidentals when staff or board members attend conferences. Staff said receipts will still be required to show attendance at a conference and that a travel expense voucher will be used for reimbursements.
A board member moved to approve the policy changes and a second was recorded. The board voted unanimously in favor.
Staff said the change was required by the monitoring process and noted other clerical updates had been identified as well.
