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Kern County board tables decision on trustee pay after briefing on new state law
Summary
After a legal briefing on state legislation referenced in the meeting as “AB 13 90,” the Kern County Board of Education agreed to hold a study session rather than immediately change its bylaw to raise trustee stipends; trustees asked how any increase would be paid and whether members may decline the stipend.
The Kern County Board of Education on Tuesday heard a legal briefing about recently enacted state legislation referenced in the meeting as “AB 13 90” and opted to table any change to trustee compensation pending a study session.
General counsel Abby Affant summarized the law and the existing bylaw constraints, saying the board’s bylaw currently specifies $80 per meeting and that the statute now sets a monthly maximum tied to county funding bands. “The bylaw would need to be…
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