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Docket No. 12-465
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion regarding whether Lisa Cox, an employee of the Morehouse Parish School System, may serve on the Board of Directors for Prairie View Academy.
Facts:
Lisa Cox is currently employed by the Morehouse Parish School System as the Grants Management Coordinator. She is responsible for preparing the budgets, reimbursement requests, and budget revisions for federal and state grants, excluding MFP and Lunch Fund.

Ms. Cox has been asked to serve on the Board of Directors for Prairie View Academy, a private school in her town. Prairie View receives funding through the Title IIa Federal Grant. The amount the school receives is based on enrollment. All calculations are built into the NCLB/IDEA eGrant application. Ms. Cox has no control over the amount of money the school receives, or the way the money is spent, provided that federal and state guidelines are followed. When a requisition for expenditure of Title IIa funds is processed, Ms. Cox's job is to check to see that adequate budget is available and to code for accounting. The requisition is then forwarded to the Business Manager and Federal Programs Director for signature and approval. At the end of the month, Ms. Cox requests reimbursement for expenditures, which may include expenditures for Prairie View.

Law:
R.S. 42:1112B(3) prohibits a public from participating in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which any person of which he is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, has a substantial economic interest.
Recommendations:
Adopt proposed advisory opinion.

Assigned Attorney: Deidra Godfrey
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2012-465 rev draft
2012-465- Advisory Opinion Request