In Coffee County, in lieu of any and all other expense allowances of any nature whatsoever heretofore authorized, each member of the county board of education shall be entitled to receive a total expense allowance of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. Such expense allowance shall be payable from any available educational funds and made in the same manner as compensation or salary received by school board members.
Ala. Code § 45-16-100 (1975)