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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2019-326
Requesting Party
Marshall Hevron
Decision Date
4/12/2019
Law
La. R.S. 42:1111A
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d)
La. R.S. 42:1111E(1)
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Advisory Opinion whereby the Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit employees of Ochsner Medical Center from serving on the Discovery Health Sciences Charter School Board while Ochsner and Discovery have a partnership agreement since there is an exception found in La. R.S. 17:3991.1 for such scenarios.
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��„ STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �,� oF LOUisJ.,- DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> •4,°� 9 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> .tea �„y: <br /> m 'I" y . P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> 11.J* BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> ... (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> April 16, 2019 <br /> Mr. Marshall Hevron <br /> Adams and Reese, LLP <br /> 701 Poydras Street <br /> Suite 4500 <br /> New Orleans, Louisiana 70139 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No.2019-326 <br /> Dear Mr. Hevron: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its April 12,2019 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether employees of Ochsner Medical Center ("Ochsner") may serve on the <br /> Discovery Health Sciences Charter School Board("Discovery")while Ochsner and Discovery have <br /> a partnership agreement. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that the Discovery Health Sciences Academy is a charter school in Jefferson Parish. <br /> Discovery has a wait list with over 1,000 families seeking admission to the school. In order to meet <br /> this demand, Discovery intends to open a new campus to reach more students. Discovery's new <br /> campus will be located in Shrewsbury,which is an economically distressed neighborhood near the <br /> Ochsner Medical Center. Ochsner has a history of partnering with the neighborhood to help the <br /> community. <br /> Ochsner Health System is Louisiana's largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Ochsner <br /> intends to invest$10.4 million to finance and manage the construction of the new Discovery school <br /> campus; therefore, there will be no cost to the Jefferson Parish School Board. Ochsner will also <br /> assist in programs to enhance the educational experience for students in Discovery's health sciences <br /> curriculum. <br /> In furtherance of its commitment to the success of the school, employees of Ochsner seek to serve <br /> as members of the Discovery Charter School Board. Through this representation on the school <br /> board, Ochsner will be able to provide employees possessing expertise that would be particularly <br /> useful to a school with a science, technology, engineering and math(STEM) focus. The Ochsner <br /> employee board members would be salaried;however,their compensation would not be affected by <br /> their service on the Discovery school board or by the partnership between Ochsner and Discovery. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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