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Gresham-Barlow board debates optional stipends for directors, asks staff to research legal limits
Summary
Directors discussed a draft policy allowing optional monthly stipends for board members, citing equity and recruitment benefits but expressing concern about taking dollars from classrooms. Staff will research retroactivity and statutory limits and bring options to a future work session or the April business meeting.
Gresham — The Gresham-Barlow School District board discussed a draft policy on board stipends at its March 12 work session, weighing whether to offer optional monthly payments that directors could accept or decline.
Staff member Don told the board the draft follows guidance from the Oregon School Boards Association and mirrors approaches other districts have used. He said Portland handled stipends by voting position-by-position and having the occupant of a position recuse when their own position’s stipend was under consideration.
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