State board of education; meeting attendance; compensation and expenses

(a) The state board of education may authorize members thereof to attend in-state meetings for participation in matters of educational interest to the state of Kansas, and when attending a meeting so authorized, members shall receive travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212, and amendments thereto, for members of the legislature. Whenever under any provision of law, a member of the state board of education is authorized to attend an out-of-state meeting, or whenever the state board of education authorizes one of its members to attend an out-of-state meeting for participation in matters of educational interest to the state of Kansas such members, when attending a meeting so authorized, shall receive travel expenses or subsistence expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3212, and amendments thereto, for members of the legislature. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3212, and amendments thereto, during any fiscal year, each member of the board of education shall receive compensation in an amount established by the state board of education for the member's service at regularly scheduled meetings of the board of education and any other in-state meeting for participation in matters of educational interest to the state of Kansas.