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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> C). DEPARTMENT <br /> LO ,. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ,,, 4 LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Oil P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> o*A- o' (225)219-5600 <br /> 'P... <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> December 7, 2020 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> Ms. Deanna Harris <br /> 36545 Stanton Hall Avenue <br /> Denham Springs, LA 70706 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-852 <br /> Dear Ms. Harris: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its December 4, 2020 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit you from <br /> being employed by the Livingston Parish School Board as a pre-employment training specialist <br /> after you terminate you;employment with Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed as a district supervisor with Louisiana Rehabilitation Services <br /> (LRS). LRS and Livingston Parish School Board have a contract to provide pre-employment <br /> transition services (Pre-ETS) to students in the parish. You are one of four district supervisors <br /> within the Baton Rouge Regional Office that provides services in ten parishes, one of which is <br /> Livingston Parish. The school board advertised a position for a pre-employment transition <br /> specialist, for which you were interviewed by both LRS and the school board. The school board <br /> offered you the position. You state that you never provided Pre-ETS to students as a district <br /> supervisor or in your prior position with LRS as a rehabilitation counselor. <br /> ISSUES <br /> May you may be employed as a Pre-ETS specialist with the Livingston Parish School Board, <br /> when the school board has a contract with your prior employer, the Louisiana Rehabilitation <br /> Services. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1121 provides, in pertinent part, the following post-employment restrictions: <br /> A.(1)No former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years following the <br /> termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official <br /> serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an <br /> appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or render any service on a <br /> contractual basis to or for such agency. <br /> * * * <br /> B.(1) General rule for other public employees. No former public employee shall, for a period of <br /> two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for <br /> compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />