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Board studies change allowing trustees up to $2,000 monthly; staff to draft bylaw language
Summary
At a study session, the Kern County Board of Education reviewed a recent state law amending Education Code section 1090 (referred to in the meeting as "AB 13 90") that would allow Class 2 county board trustees to receive up to $2,000 per month. Staff were directed to draft bylaw language and an administrative form for the next meeting; no bylaw change was voted on tonight.
The Kern County Board of Education spent its Feb. 27 study session reviewing a state law the transcript records as "AB 13 90," which amends Education Code section 1090 to permit trustee compensation up to a specified monthly maximum for Class 2 counties.
Abby Alfon, from SLS, told the board the code change allows board members in a Class 2 county to be paid up to $2,000 per month and recommended updating Board Bylaw 9250 to reference the Education Code maximum rather than a per-meeting amount. "Members of the Kern County Board of Education shall be entitled to receive the sum of $80 for attendance at each board meeting not to exceed the monthly amount specified in Education Code 1090…
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