Original Adopted Date: 1-10-83                                                Last Revised Date: 7-10-95                                                             Last Reviewed Date: 6-10-2024

Participation in board member associations is beneficial to the board.  The board shall maintain an active membership in organizations the board determines shall be of benefit to the board and the school district.

Legal Reference:      Iowa Code § 279.38.

Cross Reference:     216.2   Board of Directors' Member Development and Training

Original Adopted Date: 7-10-1995                                              Last Revised Date: 6-10-2024                                                       Last Reviewed Date: 6-10-2024

High achieving school boards work as a team to create high expectations for all students.  Board learning is foundational to creating this solid governance structure focused on student learning for school boards. The board may participate in conferences sponsored by educational associations and agencies in addition to its own in-service programs and work sessions.

The board will work closely with the Iowa Association of School Boards' and encourage the board members to participate in   qualifying learning opportunities to achieve the   Annual Board Award.

Legal Reference:      Iowa Code §§ 279.8, .38.

Cross Reference:     216.1   Association Membership

Original Adopted Date: 1-10-1983                                            Last Revised Date: 7-10-1995                                              Last Reviewed Date: 6-10-2024

As an elected public official, the board member is a public servant who serves without compensation for the board member's time spent as a board member.  Board members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

Prior to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses, the board member must submit a detailed receipt indicating the date, purpose and nature of the expense for each claim item.  Failure to provide a detailed receipt shall make the expense a personal expense.  Personal expenses shall be reimbursed by the board member to the school district no later than ten working days following the date of the expense.  In exceptional circumstances, the board may allow a claim without proper receipt.  Written documentation explaining the exceptional circumstances shall be maintained as part of the school district's record of the claim.

It is the responsibility of the board secretary to compile the expenses of board members and bring them to the board for audit and approval in the same manner as other claims of the school district.  It is the responsibility of the board to determine through the audit and approval process of the board whether the expenses incurred by a board member are actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

Legal Reference:      Iowa Code §§ 68B; 277.27; 279.7A, .8, .32.

Cross Reference:     203  Board of Directors' Conflict of Interest

                                 401.7   Employee Travel Compensation

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