(a) An elected member of the county board is entitled to reimbursement for travel and other expenses as provided by the Montgomery County Council. (b) (1) An elected member of the county board is entitled to receive: (i) $25,000 annually as compensation; or (ii) An annual salary set through legislation based on the recommendations of the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission in accordance with Title 28, Subtitle 1A of the Local Government Article. (2) The president of the county board is entitled to receive: (i) $29,000 annually as compensation; or (ii) An annual salary set through legislation based on the recommendations of the Montgomery County Board of Education Compensation Commission in accordance with Title 28, Subtitle 1A of the Local Government Article. (3) An elected member is entitled to health insurance and to other fringe benefits regularly provided to employees of the board of education under the same terms and conditions extended to other employees of the board of education. (c) (1) The student member may not receive compensation but, after submitting expense vouchers, may be reimbursed for out–of–pocket expenses incurred in connection with ees of the board of education. (c) (1) The student member may not receive compensation but, after submitting expense vouchers, may be reimbursed for out–of–pocket expenses incurred in connection with official duties. (2) (i) A student member who completes a full term on the county board shall be granted a scholarship to be applied toward the student’s higher education costs. (ii) 1. Except as provided in subsubparagraph 2 of this subparagraph, the scholarship amount is equal to the highest annual resident undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board that is charged at a 4–year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, for the academic year in which the student member serves on the county board. 2. The amount of a scholarship granted under this subsection in any year may not exceed the amount that an elected member of the county board is entitled to receive under subsection (b) of this section in that year.
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