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School trustees in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows draft trustee expense and professional development policies

April 22, 2010 – 11:32 pm

In response (it would seem) to questions and concerns about the details of their personal expense accounts, District 42 school trustees have given first reading to two new policies.
The Trustee Professional Development and Attendance at Conferences policy and the Trustee - Provision of Resources policy are both posted to the school district website and public comment is invited until the end of April (2010).
As I have pointed out previously, some trustees are putting in for expense reimbursement at a rate of more than $5,000 annually during the 2008/2009 period - as reported within the required Statement of Financial Information (SOFI).
The [...]

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Are trustee expenses reasonable?

December 22, 2009 – 11:59 am

How many taxpayer dollars is it reasonable and appropriate for school trustee’s to spend on personal expenses?

All elected trustees in the province receive an annual stipend (in some cases the amounts are large enough to term it pay or salary).

One-third of this stipend is tax free.  While I was a school trustee (1996-2005), it was explained to us that the one-third is considered “unreceipted expenses”.  In practice this was interpreted to mean any “in district” expenses including automobile costs.

Once a year, in December, school districts are required to prepare and make public a report called [...]

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