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Ethics Board Docket Nos. 2023-661 <br /> Page 8 0£11 <br /> Further,he was an agency head as defined by La. R.S. 42:1102(3). His agency, as defined by La. <br /> R.S. 42:1102(a)was GEO Academies EBR and all of the schools under its jurisdiction pursuant to <br /> the Charter School Contracts between GEO Academies EBR and the Board of Elementary and <br /> Secondary Education. <br /> GEO Foundation is a person as defined by La. R.S.42:1.102(16)as it is a private nonprofit <br /> organization. <br /> As an agency head and member of a board or commission,Mr.McGarner was prohibited from <br /> receiving a thing of economic value for assisting a person in transactions involving his former agency <br /> for a period of two years following the termination of service of the agency headboard or <br /> commission member. Robert McGamer's receipt of income for assisting GEO Foundation with its <br /> contractual obligations with GEO Academies within two years of the termination of his service on <br /> the GEO Academies EBR Board of Directors violated La. R.S. 42:1121A. Therefore, GEO <br /> Foundation's payment for the referenced services of Mr. McGarner violated La. R.S. 42:1117. <br /> If this matter proceeded to a public hearing before the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, and the <br /> Ethics Adjudicatory Board found a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Ethics <br /> Adjudicatory Board could impose a fine of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Code. In this <br /> particular situation, it is the conclusion of the Board that the interest of the public would be served <br /> by, and the parties have agreed to resolving this matter amicably through the publication of this <br /> Consent Opinion with the imposition of a$2,500 civil penalty against GEO Foundation. <br />