Bill Text: MS HB184 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School board members; increase annual salary of.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB184 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB184-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Education; Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
By: Representative Smith (39th)
House Bill 184
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-6-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR PERSONS SERVING AS MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS; TO REMOVE THE OPTION FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO RECEIVE PER DIEM COMPENSATION INSTEAD OF A SALARY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-6-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-6-13. (1) Each person
serving as a member of the school board of any school district shall receive * * *
an
annual salary in the amount of * * * Nine
Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($9,600.00) * * *. The receipt
of the compensation shall not entitle any member of a school board to receive
or be eligible for any state employee group insurance, retirement or other
fringe benefits. Each member shall be reimbursed for the necessary expenses
and mileage in attending meetings of the school board, which shall be in
addition to the annual salary authorized by this section. In addition to
the foregoing, all members may be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses
incurred in the further performance of their duties, including attendance at
any mandatory school board training sessions or at regional and national
education meetings, when such mileage and other expenses are authorized by the
board prior to the date on which they occur. Detailed vouchers shall be
submitted for reimbursement for all expenses authorized by this section. Such
reimbursement shall be in accordance with Section 25-3-41.
Such expenses shall be paid on order of the school board by pay certificates issued by the superintendent of the school district involved against the funds available for payment of the administrative expense of the district.
(2) (a) If a member of a school board misses twenty percent (20%) or more of the meetings of the school board during a calendar year, except for absences caused by required military duty, the member must reimburse the school district that portion of the total salary paid to the member that year which is proportionate to the number of meetings missed by the member in relation to the total number of school board meetings held during that year. For purposes of this subsection, consideration may be given only to meetings of which public notice is required.
(b) Before February 1 of each year, the president of each local school board shall submit a report to the State Board of Education containing the names of any members of the school board who missed twenty percent (20%) or more of the school board meetings during the preceding calendar year.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
