(a) Members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business. Each member shall also receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the member is attending to official business. The headquarters of the board and the chief executive officer shall be in Sacramento.

(b) The office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate, from funds appropriated for this purpose pursuant to Item 6870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the annual Budget Act, four thousand dollars ($4,000) in financial assistance to a student member of the board, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 71000, for each semester, or quarterly equivalent, of each year the student is a student member on the board. This financial assistance shall be in addition to any need-based financial assistance and any private grants and scholarships received by the student.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 50, Sec. 10. (SB 117) Effective July 10, 2023.)