Policy: 1733
By-Laws of the Board
Board Member Compensation
Each Board member who is eligible may receive compensation of up to fifty dollars ($50.00) per event and for performing other services on behalf of the school district, not to exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800) per year. Such compensation shall come from locally collected excess levy funds available for that purpose, and shall not cause the state to incur any present or future funding obligation.
Any board member may waive all or any portion of his/her compensation for any month or months during his/her term of office, by a written waiver filed with the district. The waiver may be filed any time after the director’s election and before the date on which the compensation would otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for which it is made.
Since the directors of a school district are municipal officers who fix their own compensation, they may not increase their own compensation during their current terms of office pursuant to Article 30, Section 1, and Article 11, Section 8 of the State Constitution.
The compensation provided in this section will be in addition to any reimbursement for expenses paid to such directors by the school district.
Legal References: RCW 28A.343.400 Compensation - Waiver
Previously Policy No.1720
Revised 11/2005, 2/2012, 01/2018. 01/2023
Reviewed 12/2019
Revised 10/2022