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-1p-7j.)_ Asa <br /> • STATE OF LOUISIANA • <br /> OF L t p DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ,c? LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> U 9 P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * * BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> OrovioeNc�. (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX.(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> wwwethics.la.gov <br /> August 12, 2020 <br /> Ms. Danielle Beneville <br /> 1622 King Dr. <br /> New Orleans, LA. 70122 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-452 <br /> Dear Ms. Beneville: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its August 7, 2020 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prevent you from <br /> continuing to provide consulting services to Speducation Evaluation Services while you are <br /> employed with the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You provided that you recently accepted a position working as an Education Program Consultant <br /> with the LDOE in the Division of Diverse Learner Supports. Prior to your employment with <br /> LDOE,you were an independent contractor with Speducation Evaluation Services,a company that <br /> provides pupil appraisal, special education compliance, and student support services to schools in <br /> the Greater New Orleans Area. As a contractor you took and gathered interviews, data, and other <br /> information to write and proofread various components of evaluation reports. The company <br /> contracts directly with schools. The company does not have any contracts with the Division of <br /> Diverse Learner Supports or LDOE. You stated that you would only work for Speducation <br /> Evaluation Services, on your time off or on annual leave. Speducation Evaluation Services is <br /> neither regulated by the Division of Diverse Learner Supports or LDOE nor does it have any <br /> interests that could be affected by how you do your public job. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides for payments from nonpublic sources as follows: <br /> C. (2) No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises <br /> 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, <br /> to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: <br /> (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person from whom such public <br /> servant would be prohibited by R.S. 42:1115(A)(1) or(B) from receiving a gift. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />