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 compensation and travel expenses and subsistence expenses or allowances as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3212 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 compensation and travel expenses and subsistence expenses as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-3212 for members of the legislature.