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Agency Tracicing No. 2023-662 <br /> Page 2 of 13 <br /> 2. <br /> The BOE is authorized to offer a Consent Opinion to Linda Fontenot by vv�tue of La. R.S. <br /> 42:1141 C(3)(f}. <br /> IYI. <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> 1. <br /> On�'ebruary 8,1993,GEO Foundation was inearporated as a domestic noi�-pr.ofit corporation <br /> in California. On June I2,2013,GEO Foundation registered wiih the Louisiana Secretary of St�te <br /> to do business in the State of Louisiana. GEO Foundation is an educational organzzation t}�at <br /> supports a network of�our charter schools in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. <br /> 2. <br /> On NovemUer 22,2013,G�O Academies EBR("GEO�lcademies")w�.s registered with th� <br /> Louisiana Seeretary of State as a non-profit corporation. GEO Acade�xties'articl.es of ine�rporation <br /> sta.te its purposes as the following: "...operating a charter school(s) in thc; state o1'I�ouisia�la... <br /> supporting said charter scl�ool{s) by recruiting, cultivating, and maintaining local community <br /> leadership to advise and govern th� corporation... receiving and di.sbursing funds to suppo�rt �he <br /> operation of.said charter school(s)..."GEO Academies was incorporated for ihe purpc�se of operaling <br /> GE4 Foundation charter schools in Louisiana. <br /> 3. <br /> On July 1,2015,GEO�cademies EBR entered into a contract with the Board of Elementary <br /> and Secondary Education to operate the Gr0 Prep Charter Sehoal. Qn ;�uly 1, 2017, GEO <br />