(a) The Geneva County Board of Education is authorized to set a monthly expense allowance, payable from the county treasury in equal monthly installments. Such expense allowance shall be in no greater percentage, each year, than the cost-of-living increase made for public school teachers by the Alabama Legislature, if any be made.
(b) The Geneva County Board of Education is authorized to set the maximum salary of the Geneva County Superintendent of Education, at the next term of office and thereafter, at an index of 150 percent of the then current State Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers in Geneva County with equivalent academic degree or degrees, certification level, and related experience. The Geneva County Superintendent of Education is eligible for all increases applied to the State Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers.