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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> oj LOV�s;9. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA(*) 701 <br /> BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> iii .1 o P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> . (225)219-5600 <br /> °. FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 7, 2020 <br /> Kelly McClure <br /> 1408 Lowerline Street <br /> New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-444 <br /> Dear Ms. McClure: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its July 2, 2020 meeting, considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit you from accepting a position <br /> as an adjunct professor with Tulane University's School of Professional Advancement while being <br /> employed as an Education Program Consultant for the Louisiana Department of Education. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that you are currently employed full-time by the Louisiana Department of Education as <br /> an Education Program Consultant 4.You stated that you primarily work on academic matters related <br /> to the one percent of students with significant cognitive disabilities, and that your specific area of <br /> focus includes revising and aligning alternative state standards and resources for students with <br /> cognitive disabilities,including an aligned set of companion resources for the English Language Arts <br /> guidebook. <br /> You stated that you have recently been asked to serve as an adjunct professor at Tulane University's <br /> School of Professional Advancement(hereinafter referred to as("SoPA")under the direction of Dr. <br /> Keri Randolph. You stated that the program is designed to bolster the pipeline of special educators <br /> across Louisiana. You also stated that your only duties would be to plan and deliver specific courses <br /> on an ad-hoc basis. You stated that your work with Tulane would involve a much larger subsection <br /> of special education and that you would be training general educators and prospective special <br /> educators on methods to use when working with special education students.You also stated that your <br /> work at Tulane will be very different from your job duties at the Department of Education and that <br /> you do not intend to rely on or use the policies or materials you develop with the Department,for the <br /> courses you will instruct at Tulane. You also stated that the Department of Education currently has <br /> a contract with Tulane University's TIKES Mental Health Consultation Program, but that your <br /> agency,Diverse Learner Supports under Federal Programs,does not have any involvement with that <br /> contract. <br /> LAWS <br /> La. R.S.42:1111C(1)(a)prohibits a public servant from receiving any thing of economic value for <br /> any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities,programs,or <br /> operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated. <br /> La. R.S.42:1111C(1)(b)provides that no public servant shall receive any thing of economic value <br /> for any service,the subject matter of which draws substantially upon official data or ideas which have <br /> not become part of the body of public information. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />