Louisiana Ethics Administration Program
Home
Charges Search
EAB Decisions Search
My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
2022-354
LAEthics
>
Opinions
>
SearchableOpinions
>
2022
>
2022-354
Metadata
Thumbnails
New Search
Entry Properties
Last modified
4/1/2024 8:39:23 AM
Creation date
7/11/2022 11:56:33 AM
Metadata
2022-354
Fields
Template:
Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2022-354
Requesting Party
Toni Celestine
Parties Involved
Toni Celestine
Read the Syllabus
Agency at Issue
South Louisiana Community College
Decision Date
7/8/2022
Law
1111C(1)(a)
1115
Caption
Advisory opinion that the Code of Ethics would not prohibit an employee of the South Louisiana Community College Office of Student Services from providing services through a nonprofit for compenstion as long as though services are not substantially devoted to the operations, programs and responsibilities of her agency and in which she participated.
Ethics Subject Matters
Outside Employment
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
6
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> F LOUD DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.state.Ia.us <br /> July 11, 2022 <br /> Toni Celestine <br /> 109 Emerald Down Drive <br /> Lafayette, Louisiana 70507 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2022-354 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Celestine: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on July 8, 2022, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit you <br /> from offering services to parents and students transitioning from high school diplomas to college <br /> degrees. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> South Louisiana Community College ("SLCC"), located in Lafayette, is a part of the Louisiana <br /> Community and Technical College System. You are employed by SLCC as the Director of Career <br /> and Testing Services in the Office of Student Services. Your job duties include providing <br /> professional development assistance to students; hosting career and transfer fair events; <br /> networking with industry partners; and, administering and proctoring college and community <br /> partners'exams. <br /> You recently created Read the Syllabus, a nonprofit organization.You would like to aid parents of <br /> high school students who are transitioning to college. You intend to offer virtual meetings to <br /> provide information that will help parents support their students. You do not intend to receive <br /> compensation for these services; however, you would consider accepting donations. You stated <br /> that you would not recruit students for any college in particular, including SLCC. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111(C)(1)(a) provides that no public servant shall receive any thing of economic <br /> value for any service, the subject matter of which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, <br /> programs, or operations of the agency of the public servant and in which the public servant has <br /> participated; <br /> La. R.S. 42:1115 provides the following with regard to soliciting gifts or donations: <br /> A. No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, any thing of <br /> economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2022-354) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.