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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-444 <br /> Ms. Kelly McClure <br /> July 7, 2020 <br /> Pag 2 <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public <br /> servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent,shall receive any thing <br /> of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered,or to be rendered,to or for any person <br /> during his public service unless such services are: (d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any <br /> person or from any officer,director,agent,or employee of such person,if such public servant knows <br /> or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business <br /> or financial relationships with the public servant's agency;conducts operations or activities which are <br /> regulated by the public employee's agency; or has substantial economic interests which may be <br /> substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty. <br /> CONCLUSION <br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to inform you,that the Code of Governmental Ethics would <br /> not prohibit you from being employed with the Tulane University SoPA while working with the <br /> Louisiana Department of Education, as long as you do not teach courses about or rely on the <br /> materials or procedures you develop in your work with the Department.Because your position as an <br /> Education Program Consultant with the LA Department of Education primarily focuses on policy <br /> work dealing with a very small subset of special education students, and the work you anticipate <br /> doing at Tulane involves teaching courses to educators to provide them with methods and tools to <br /> employ while working with special education students,the services you will render at Tulane are not <br /> substantially devoted to the operations or programs of your agency and in which you have <br /> participated, and are thus, not prohibited. <br /> Further,it does not appear that the service you will be providing at Tulane involve subject matter that <br /> draws substantially on the official data or ideas of the Louisiana Department of Education which are <br /> not part of public information. <br /> Finally,because your agency,Diverse Learner Supports under Federal Programs,has no involvement <br /> with the contract between Tulane University's TIKES Mental Health Consultation Program and the <br /> Louisiana Department of Education, you are not prohibited from being employed by Tulane <br /> University SoPA, so long as it does not have a contractual, business or financial relationship with <br /> your agency. <br /> This advisory opinion is based solely on the facts as set forth herein.Changes to the facts as presented <br /> may result in a different application of the provisions of the Code of Ethics. The Board issues no <br /> opinion as to past conduct or as to laws other than the Code of Governmental Ethics. If you have <br /> any questions,please contact me at(800) 842-6630 or(225) 219-5600. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> bcootut ) Ytd`AN- <br /> Tracy .rker, <br /> For the Bard <br />