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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> pF GOUT DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> Np o > P O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE.LA 70821 <br /> (225)2195600 <br /> FAX:(225)351-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.etMcs.la.gov <br /> September 12, 2023 <br /> Shannon LaFargue, PhD <br /> Superintendent <br /> Calcasieu Parish School Board <br /> 1800 Line Avenue - <br /> Shreveport, Louisiana 71101 <br /> RE: Docket No. 2023-520 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Dr. LaFargue: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics (`Board"), at its September 8, 2023 meeting, considered your <br /> request for an advisory opinion as to whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics("Code") <br /> would prohibit various situations. Board Chairwoman Roberts recused herself from this matter. <br /> QUESTIONS PRESENTED <br /> Several employees of the Calcasieu Parish School Board ("CPSB") employees have <br /> communicated an interest in using CPSB owned facilities during non-school hours for the purposes <br /> of "for profit" activities, such as coaching clinics and tutoring session, which might involve <br /> students at their schools,among other students. If permitted,the employees would pay the CPSB's <br /> required fees for facility use. The CPSB has asked the following questions: <br /> A. A coach or an entity in which the coach and/or his/her immediate family members have a <br /> monetary interest, wishes to lease/rent CPSB facilities for the purpose of engaging in for <br /> profit activities, such as a summer athletic camp. This lease/rental would be pursuant to <br /> CPSB requirements also applicable to those who are not CPSB employees. May a <br /> coach/entity: <br /> 1. Lease/rent facilities at the school at which the coach is employed; or, <br /> 2. Lease/rent facilities at schools other than that at which the coach is employed? <br /> B. Maya high school coach employed by the CPSB,man entity in which his/her immediately <br /> family members have a monetary interest,conduct athletic training events for: <br /> 1. High school students who attend the coach's school; <br /> 2. High school students who attend the coach's school and who have been or may in <br /> the future be taught/coached by the coach; <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />