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2023-661 (2)
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2023-661
Parties Involved
Greater Education Opportunities Foundation, Inc. (GEO Foundation)
Robert McGarner
Agency at Issue
GEO Academies EBR
Decision Date
10/25/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1117
La. R.S. 42:1121A
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A consent opinion that GEO Foundation violated La. R.S. 42:1117 by paying Robert McGarner, a former appointed member of the GEO Academies EBR Charter School Board, for his employment and assistance of GEO Foundation with its contractual obligations with GEO Academies EBR within two years of the termination of his service on the GEO Academies EBR Charter School Board, which violated La. R.S. 42:1121A.
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i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> Ethics Board Docket Nos. 2023-661 <br /> Page 5 of 11 <br /> 8. <br /> If called to testify,GEO Foundation would state that it did not intentionally violate the Code <br /> of Governmental Ethics as it was not aware that making such payments to Mr. McGarner was <br /> prohibited. It would also state that after it became aware of any potential violations,corrective action <br /> was taken,the potential violations were reported to the Board,and it cooperated in the investigation. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> La. R.S. 17:3996B Notwithstanding any state law, rule, or regulation to the contrary and <br /> except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in an approved charter, a charter school <br /> established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and its approved charter <br /> and the school's officers and employees shall be exempt from all statutory mandates or other statutory <br /> requirements that are applicable to public schools and to public school officers and employees except <br /> for the following laws otherwise applicable to public schools with the same grades: (20) Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics,R.S. 42:1101 et seq.,with the exception of R.S. 42:1119 as it applies to any <br /> person employed by a charter school prior to August 15, 2003. <br /> 2. <br /> Section 1121A prohibits former agency heads from receiving a thing of economic value for <br /> assisting a person in transactions involving their former agency. <br />
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