Section 380.1254 - Expenses of board members and employees; expenditures as public record; payment; credit or debit card.
THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1976
380.1254 Expenses of board members and employees; expenditures as public record; payment; credit or debit card.
Sec. 1254.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) and section 1217a, the board of a school district or intermediate school district may pay the actual and necessary expenses incurred by its members and employees in the discharge of official duties or in the performance of functions authorized by the board. The expenditure shall be a public record and shall be made available to a person upon request.
(2) The board of a school district or intermediate school district shall not approve payment of an expense incurred by a board member under subsection (1) unless 1 or both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The board, by a majority vote of its members at an open meeting, approved reimbursement of the specific expense before the expense was incurred.
(b) The expense is consistent with a policy adopted by the board, by a majority vote of its members at a regular board meeting, establishing specific categories of reimbursable expenses and the board, by a majority vote of its members at an open meeting, approves the reimbursement before it is actually paid.
(3) The board of any school district shall not provide, allow, or obtain credit cards for, issue credit cards to, or provide to a school board member a debit card or similar instrument that pledges payment of funds from a school district account except in compliance with law.
History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 257, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996
Popular Name: Act 451