§ 101131 Board Member Travel Reimbursement

• •Board members can be reimbursed for travel costs when they travel outside the district for official duties.
• •The travel must be approved by the board before it happens.
• •Only actual and necessary expenses (like tickets, mileage, meals) can be paid back.

A school board member has to go to a state education conference in another city to learn about new teaching methods.

Because the board approved the trip, the member can ask the board to pay back the money they spent on the bus ticket and hotel, as long as those costs were real and needed for the job.