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Ethics Board Docket No. 2022-454 <br /> Page 6 of 8 <br /> (18)(a) "Public employee" means anyone, whether compensated or not, who is: <br /> (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an <br /> elective office. <br /> (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the <br /> appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental <br /> entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof. <br /> (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. <br /> (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the <br /> governmental entity. <br /> (19) "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. <br /> V. <br /> OPINION: <br /> It is the opinion of the BOE that Rebecca Stephenson, while serving as the Director of <br /> Accountability and Technology Services for the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board, violated <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) by receiving a thing of economic value for services rendered to a <br /> vendor of the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board when she performed contractual consulting <br /> work, and received monetary compensation for such work, from Teaching Lab, a vendor of the <br /> Pointe Coupee Parish School Board. <br /> In this particular matter, the parties have agreed to resolve this matter amicably. <br /> Therefore, it is the conclusion of the BOE that the interests of the public and judicial efficiency <br /> would be served through the publication of this Consent Opinion with the imposition of a <br /> $12,000.00 civil penalty against Rebecca Stephenson <br />