Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 2070.7. Expenses

Members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official commission business. A member of the commission, who is an employe of an agency of the Commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, or of a school entity, shall be permitted to attend commission meetings and perform other commission duties without loss of income or other benefits. A State agency or any political subdivision of this Commonwealth, including a school entity, required to employ a substitute for a member of the commission who is absent from his employment while performing commission business shall be reimbursed by the department from funds appropriated for the general government operations of the department for the actual amount of any costs incurred upon presentation of a request for reimbursement and documentation of such cost. A member of the commission who is employed by a private employer shall be reimbursed by the department, from funds appropriated for the general government operations of the department, for any income lost, pursuant to guidelines established by the commission, as a result of attendance at commission meetings or performance of other official commission duties upon presentation of a request for reimbursement and documentation of such loss.