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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF LoDEPARTMENTOF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ( LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> d <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> �O�noENEf (225)219-5600 <br /> ,o..• FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.Ia.gov <br /> December 5, 2022 <br /> Penny Comena <br /> PO Box 1017 <br /> St. Francisville, Louisiana 70775 <br /> Re: Docket No.2022-569 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Comena: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on December 2, 2022, considered your request for <br /> an advisory opinion regarding whether you may accept a teaching position at the Family Service <br /> Center in St. Francisville while you also own Glory Angels, LLC. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are listed as the only Manager of Glory Angels, LLC on the Secretary of State website. Glory <br /> Angels, LLC is a part of the West Feliciana Early Childhood Community Network("Community <br /> Network"). The Family Service Center in West Feliciana Parish is the Community Network Lead <br /> Agency.The Family Service Center serves as the Community Network Lead Agency on behalf of <br /> the Department of Education to receive funds to conduct administrative functions for the <br /> community network program partners (Type III child care sites, public pre-K, Head Start/Early <br /> Head Start, charter school pre-k, and family child care) including services such as serving as the <br /> fiscal agent, coordinating accurate CLASS observations per the requirements of BESE Bulletin <br /> 140, and coordinating the birth-to-age-five child count, enrollment, and the state funding <br /> application of the community network. <br /> You wish to accept a teaching position with the Family Service Center. Specifically, you would <br /> teach Early Head Start students,which are children under the age of 3,for the West Feliciana Head <br /> Start Program. Your daycare, Glory Angels, LLC also provides care and teaching services for <br /> children under the age of 3. As a teacher, it is possible parents may ask you for a recommendation <br /> of Type III child care centers in the Community Network which includes Glory Angels, LLC. <br /> LAw <br /> La.R.S.42:1111C(1)(a)provides that no public servant shall receive any thing of economic value <br /> for any service,the subject matter of which: <br /> (a) Is devoted substantially to the responsibilities, programs, or operations of the agency <br /> of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2022-569) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />