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Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2018-641
Requesting Party
Sheldon Jones
Decision Date
7/20/2018
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Advisory opinion that the Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit the Head Coach and Assistant Coaches of the Rayville High School Boys Basketball team from receiving compensation through their annual contracts with the Richland Parish School Board, which includes donated money that orginated from the Hornet Basketball Boosters, so long as the compensation is coming from their governmental entity and not any prohibited source, as per La. R.S. 42:1115, and the donation to the Richland Parish School Board is not conditional or restricted.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> 000,oF LO�is�, <br /> . DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> uu.,. P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> °+,,r (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 23, 2018 <br /> Sheldon Jones, Superintendent <br /> Richland Parish School System <br /> Post Office Box 599 <br /> Rayville, Louisiana 71269 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No.2018-641 <br /> Dear Mr. Jones: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its July 20,2018 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding whether the Hornet Basketball Boosters (Boosters) may donate money to the <br /> Richland Parish School Board to support the 2018-2019 Rayville High School Boys Basketball team <br /> in a specific manner. Specifically, the Boosters would like to donate a certain amount to be <br /> distributed to Head Coach Damon West with an additional amount to be evenly distributed to <br /> Assistant Coaches Billy Green,Antwuan James,Ronald Ellis,and Mack Brown.The Boosters would <br /> like the remaining amount to be deposited into the Rayville High School Boys Basketball Student <br /> Activity Account which is held by Rayville High School. You stated that the Hornet Basketball <br /> Booster account was used to raise and collect donations to support the Rayville High School Boys <br /> Basketball Team and that this account was neither established by nor affiliated with the Richland <br /> Parish School Board or Rayville High School. You stated that the contributors to the Boosters did <br /> not include any vendors, player, player's parents or companies they may own. The additional <br /> compensation, if approved, would be included in the new contract the coaches would sign <br /> subsequent to the Richland Parish School Board meeting on September 11, 2018. Also, the <br /> additional compensation from the Boosters would be considered a one-time distribution within the <br /> new contracts between the Richland Parish School System and the Rayville High School Boys <br /> Basketball coaches. <br /> The Board concluded,and instructed me to inform you,that the Code of Governmental Ethics would <br /> not prohibit the Head Coach and Assistant Coaches of the Rayville High School Boys Basketball <br /> team from receiving compensation through their annual contracts with the Richland Parish School <br /> Board,which includes donated money that originated from the Hornet Basketball Boosters, so long <br /> as the compensation is coming from their governmental entity and not any prohibited source,as per <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115, and the donation to the Richland Parish School Board is not conditional or <br /> restricted. La. R.S. 42:1111A provides that no public servant shall receive anything of economic <br /> value, other than the compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly <br /> entitled, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. The origin <br /> of the additional compensation is not from a prohibited source from whom the coaches would be <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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