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Board tables AB 1390 stipend change; schedules study session to consider raising trustee stipends

Kern County Board of Education · February 10, 2026
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Summary

Legal counsel explained AB 1390 and Education Code provisions that raise allowable county board stipends (Kern County is class 2) and described mechanics for changing the board bylaw; trustees asked about funding sources and whether members can decline payment; the board tabled action and agreed to hold a study session.

The board held an extended discussion about AB 1390 and related Education Code provisions that allow county boards to change trustee stipend limits.

General counsel explained that AB 1390, effective Jan. 1, amends elements of the Education Code to permit higher monthly stipends tied to county average daily attendance (ADA) bands. Counsel said Kern County is class 2 under the statute and that the new statutory maximum for class 2 counties is $2,000 per…

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