California Legal Codes and Statutes

Article 4 - Salaries and Expenses

California Education Code — §§ 1090-1097

Sections (9)

§ 1090

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 639, Sec. 1. (AB 1390) Effective January 1, 2026.

(a)The board of supervisors may allow, as compensation, to each regular member of the county board of education a sum not to exceed the following amounts:
(1)In any class one county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) per month.
(2)In any class two county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may

receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per month.

(3)In any class three county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per month.
(4)In any class four county, each regular member of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month.
(5)In any class five, class six, class seven, or class eight county, each regular member

of the county board of education who actually attends all meetings held may receive as compensation for the regular member’s services a sum not to exceed eight hundred dollars ($800) per month.

(b)Any regular member or pupil member who does not attend all meetings held in any month may receive as compensation for the regular member’s or pupil member’s services, an amount not greater than the maximum amount allowed by subdivision (a) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (h), as applicable, divided by the number of meetings held, and multiplied by the number of meetings actually attended.
(c)The amount of compensation shall be determined by the county board of supervisors, or, in a county having a fiscally independent county board of education, by the county board of education.
(d)A pupil member or regular member of a county board of education may be paid for any meeting for which the member is absent if the board by resolution duly adopted and included within its minutes finds that at the time of the meeting the member was performing services outside the meeting on behalf of the board, the member was ill or on jury duty, or the absence was due to a hardship deemed acceptable by the board.
(e)There may also be allowed to each regular member who uses a privately owned automobile in the discharge of necessary official duties as a member of the county board of education, the same amount as allowed by any county official in the performance of the county official’s duties. The mileage rate allowed in this section shall be based on the total mileage claimed in a

calendar month.

(f)For purposes of this section, the classification of counties shall be determined pursuant to Section 1205.
(g)On an annual basis, the county board of education may increase the compensation of individual regular members of the board beyond the limits delineated in this section, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent based on the present monthly rate of compensation. Any increase made pursuant to this section shall be effective upon approval by the county board of education. This action may be rejected by a majority of the voters in that county voting in a referendum established for that purpose, as prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9100) of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(h)The county board of education may award a pupil member either or both of the following:
(1)Elective course credit based on the number of equivalent daily instructional minutes for the pupil member’s services provided.
(2)Monthly financial compensation as determined by the county board of education.
(i)As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)“Pupil member” means a pupil board member appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1000.
(2)“Regular member” means a board member elected or selected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section

1000.

§ 1090.1

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 686, Sec. 1. (AB 320) Effective January 1, 2026.

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, and to the extent permitted by federal law, any compensation awarded to a pupil member pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1090 shall not be considered as income or resources when determining eligibility and benefit amount for any means-tested program, including, but not limited to, CalWORKs, General Assistance, Medi-Cal, and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), and any scholarships for public colleges and universities, including, but not limited to, Cal Grant awards, Chafee grant awards, Middle Class Scholarship Program awards, California College Promise Grants, California State University Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) grants, Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) grants, and grants from the University of California or

the California State University.

(b)Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the State Department of Social Services may implement, interpret, or make specific this section for programs under its jurisdiction by means of all-county letters or similar written instructions from the department until regulations are adopted. These all-county letters or similar instructions shall have the same force and effect as regulations until the adoption of regulations.
(c)This section shall apply to programs under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Social Services beginning on the date that the State Department of Social Services notifies the Legislature that the California Statewide Automated Welfare System can perform the necessary automation

to implement this section for those programs. The department shall issue guidance as necessary to begin automation no later than July 1, 2026.

§ 1091

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

If the members of the board of supervisors of any county are not allowed mileage, the board of supervisors of the county shall allow to each member of the county board of education of that county actual and necessary traveling expenses not exceeding twenty-five cents ($0.25) per mile one way in attending the meetings of the board.

§ 1092

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

The secretary may be allowed the sum of ten dollars ($10) per day for the actual time that the board may be in session.

§ 1093

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

Compensation of the members of the board, shall be payable out of the county general fund.

§ 1094

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

Expenses for printing required by the county board of education, and all incidental expenses incurred for stationery or other purposes in the performance of its duties, shall be audited and paid as other claims against the general fund of the county are paid.

§ 1095

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

The county board of education may subscribe for membership in, or otherwise become a member of, any state or local organization of governing boards of school districts or members thereof, or of county boards of education or members thereof, or both, which has for its primary purpose the promotion and advancement of public education through research and investigation, and the cooperation with persons and associations whose interests and purposes are the betterment of the educational opportunities of the children of the state. The costs incurred for the purposes of this section shall be payable out of the county general fund.

§ 1096

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

The county board of education of each county may select a member or members of the board to attend meetings of any society, association, or organization for which the board has subscribed for membership, or any convention to which the governing board of a school district or a community college district may pay the expenses of any employee. The actual expenses of the member or members shall be allowed and paid out of the county general fund with prior budgetary approval.

§ 1097

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

Whenever a tax rate or portion thereof is levied by any county for the support of its county board of education and superintendent of schools, the assessed valuation of all, but only such portions of elementary and unified school districts under its jurisdiction, shall be considered. The tax rate or portion thereof so computed shall be levied uniformly in all such areas, irrespective of the county in which situated. All moneys collected in surrounding counties from the levy of such tax rate or portion thereof shall be remitted by the respective county auditors to the auditor of the county of jurisdiction and shall be deposited by him to the credit of the fund or funds from which the support of his county board of education and superintendent of schools is derived.

This section shall be applicable to a chartered county if Section 1001 is applicable to it.