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Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College DistrictBoard of TrusteesBoard Policy Manual101Board Member CompensationBP 2725Reference: Education Code 72024, Government Code Section 53201The District provides actual and necessary expenses incurred by Board members in authorizedtravel or school business or at conferences or professional meetings. Board members will bereimbursed for all "out of pocket" expenses incurred in serving the District, and will receive permile mileage for such services, including transportation to and from Board meetings, at the establisheddistrict mileage rate.• Each Member of the Governing Board of the District who actually attends all meetings heldby the Board shall receive as compensation for his or her services a sum not to exceed twohundred forty dollars ($240) in any month.• Any member of the Governing Board who does not attend all meetings held by the Board inany month shall receive as compensation for his or her services an amount not greater thana pro rata share of the number of regular meetings actually attended based upon the maximumcompensation of two hundred forty dollars ($240) in any month.• A Governing Board Member shall be paid for any meeting, when absent, if the Board, byResolution, duly adopted and included in its minutes, finds that at the time of the meeting heor she is performing services outside the meeting for the community college district, he orshe was ill or on jury duty, or the absence was due to a hardship deemed acceptable by theboard.Upon application, Board members will be awarded the same fringe benefits enjoyed by the staffmembers of the college, including health, dental and vision insurance paid for by the District. Inaddition, directors' and officers' insurance will be provided for each Board Member.For Board Members first elected to a term of office that began before January 1, 1995, the Districtshall pay the full health insurance premium of former Board Members and their dependents,who have reached the age of fifty-five (55) and who have rendered fifteen (15) or more yearsservice to the District as a Board Member. In no event shall the District provide a higher benefitlevel of coverage for any former Board Member than the District provides for current Boardmembers. When such a former Board Member reaches age sixty-five (65), the District shallthen contribute the premium necessary to provide Medicare supplemental health insurancecoverage for the former Board member and his/her dependent(s). If it elects to do so, the Districtmay continue to provide the full health insurance premium for former Board members afterthe former Board member reaches age sixty-five (65). At its sole discretion, the District retainsthe right to determine whether the District will provide Medicare supplemental health insurancecoverage (Medigap) or the full health insurance premium provided to current Board members.For Board Members first elected to a term of office that began January 1, 1995 or after, the Districtshall not pay the health insurance premiums for those former Board Members or their dependents.BP 2725- 1