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of LoU STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �cp o" J6Sr�Jl DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> * ' BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> •PONF 5' (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> March 10, 2025 <br /> Briaon Landry <br /> 13120 She Lee Place Rd. <br /> Gonzales, Louisiana 70737 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-954 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Landry: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 7, 2025 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") pen-nits your <br /> business, CX Virtual Solutions, to enter into an internship arrangement with Assumption High <br /> School while you are a teacher at Assumption High School. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are employed by the Assumption Parish School District as a teacher at Assumption High <br /> School ("AHS"). This semester, you are teaching a graphic design class. You are also the sole <br /> owner of Creative Expressions Artistry, LLC, d.b.a. "CX Virtual Solutions,"a graphic design and <br /> digital brand marketing firm. <br /> You would like your business, CX Virtual Solutions, to provide two semester-long internships <br /> through AHS to students who are either currently enrolled in or have completed your graphic <br /> design class. These graphic design internships would be part-time and take place outside of school <br /> hours. AHS would provide the students with work permits. CX Virtual Solutions would hire the <br /> students as part-time employees, pay them at least minimum wage, and complete all necessary <br /> paperwork for the students and AHS. The students would work a minimum of 150 hours and earn <br /> 25 classroom hours upon successfully completing the internship. The proposed internship <br /> arrangement would have to be approved by the Assumption Parish School District's Curriculum <br /> and Instruction Supervisor of Secondary Education for AHS. <br /> You ask whether the Code permits the proposed internship arrangement between CX Virtual <br /> Solutions and AHS. <br /> LAw <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a): No public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member <br /> of any board of commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population <br /> of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family, or legal entity in <br /> which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other <br /> transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2024-954) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />