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Docket No. 13-1383
 
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RE:
Consent offer involving the employment of Otis Jones with the Lincoln Parish School Board while his father, Eddie Jones, served as a member of the Lincoln Parish School Board.
Law:
La. R.S. 42:1119B(2)(a)(i) permits the school board to employ an immediate family member of a school board member, provided the family member is certified to teach and teaching in a classroom.
La. R.S. 42:1119B(2)(a)(iii) requires that within thirty days after the beginning of each school year, any school board member or superintendent whose immediate family member is employed by the school board shall file a disclosure statement with the Board of Ethics stating the facts of such employment. Any person who fails to timely file a disclosure statement may be assessed a late fee of fifty dollars per day, not to exceed $1,500.

La. R.S. 42:1119C(2) provides a limited exception to the general nepotism prohibition and allows the continued employment and normal promotional advancement of a public employee when a member of the public employee's immediate family becomes the agency head of the public employee's agency, provided that such public employee has been employed in the agency for a period of at least one year prior to the member of the public employee's immediate family becoming the agency head.

La. R.S. 42:1113 prohibits a public servant or a member of their immediate family from bidding on or entering into a transaction with the agency of the public servant.

Recommendations:
Adopt and Publish. Dismiss charges pending before the EAB.
Assigned Attorney: Tracy Barker
 
 
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