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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ,o'6F Lou • DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> 0i, UV <br /> P Sze LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> a.tete �� <br /> .. rofi,,,.� y>ii� P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> J* BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> S (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> April 24, 2018 <br /> Ken Bradford <br /> Assistant Superintendent <br /> Louisiana Department of Education <br /> 1201 North Third Street <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2018-095 <br /> Dear Mr. Bradford: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 20, 2018 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) would prohibit your spouse from <br /> entering into a business transaction to set up a yard greeting for a public school or individual <br /> who is a school system employee. You are currently employed as an Assistant Superintendent at <br /> the Louisiana Department of Education in the Office of Student Opportunities. Your <br /> responsibilities include the implementation of the Jump Start Career Education program, <br /> Advanced Placement and other college-level programs, dropout prevention programs, and <br /> financial aid planning. This requires sending principals/counselors periodic reports of student <br /> FAFSA completion rates, providing counselors with a hard copy of the High School Student <br /> Planning and webinar produced by your division, sending a monthly counselor newsletter, and <br /> providing high schools that offer the Jobs for America program with a one day training session <br /> and quarterly webinar meetings related to the program. <br /> Additionally, your division coordinates a statewide Career and Technical Education Teacher <br /> Professional session (CTE) that a teacher could attend from one of the high schools. A local <br /> school system determines if an individual teacher should attend CTE sessions. A teacher does <br /> not receive a grade or pass fail determination; however, they have an option to take an industry- <br /> based credentialing exam for their craft that is administered by the industry. <br /> Your spouse, Vickie Bradford, will have more than twenty-five percent(25%) ownership interest <br /> in Sign Gypsies St. James. Sign Gypsies is a yard greeting company that will serve the cities of <br /> Edgard, Garyville, Gramercy, Lutcher, Mount Airy, Reserve, Saint James, Vacherie, Convent, <br /> Hester, and Paulina. A Sign Gypsie transaction includes a temporary setup in a yard to celebrate <br /> important events such as birthdays, birth announcements, and graduations at a cost of <br /> approximately sixty-five dollars ($65) per daytime setup. The following schools are the only <br /> schools within the cities or towns listed above that may directly or indirectly receive a service <br /> from the Office of Student Opportunities: Lutcher High School, St. James High School, East St. <br /> John High School, and West John High School. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />