| Advisory opinion regarding whether Kelly Knight, the former Director of Financial Aid at South Louisiana Community College, may contract with the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. |
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Kelly Knight was employed as the Director of Financial Aid at South Louisiana Community College from October 2012 to January 2016. South Louisiana Community College is one of the colleges under the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS).
Ms. Knight owns a consulting firm that is seeking to contract with LCTCS. The services the company seeks to provide includes developing and administering survey instruments to individuals who have applied to attend any LCTCS affiliated colleges, but chose not to actually register to take courses with those colleges. The information gathered will be used by LCTCS in its enrollment and recruiting strategies. Ms. Knight states that she did not provide these services when employed as the Director of Financial Aid at South Louisiana Community College and the individuals to be surveyed are not present students at any LCTCS colleges.
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La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) provides no former agency head or elected official shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency or as an elected public official serving in such agency, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that former agency or render any service on a contractual basis to or for such agency.
La. R.S. 42:1121A(2) provides that no former member of a board or commission shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service on such board or commission, contract with, be employed in any capacity by, or be appointed to any position by that board or commission.
La. R.S. 42:1121B provides no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee participated at any time during his public employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a period of two years following the termination of his public employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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