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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> �OF LOt�jsf DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ����;v.� +'r��°�"9�, LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> � , ''"\� > P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * ,/��✓'�� ' "� * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> c�NFioEN`� (225)219-5600 <br /> •-..,a,.... FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-500-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> JUIy �, 2025 <br /> Patrick M. Amedee <br /> Law Office of Patrick M. Amedee <br /> P.O. Box 1092 <br /> Thibodaux, Louisiana 70302 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2025-307 <br /> Disqualification Plan <br /> Dear Mr. Amedee: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics (`Board"), at its meeting on July 3, 2025, considered your request <br /> on behalf of the St: Charles Parish School Board to approve the proposed disqualitication plan for <br /> Dr. Kenneth Oertling and Kelli Oertling, a married couple employed by the St. Charles Parish <br /> School Board. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> Dr. Kenneth Oertling is the Superintendent of the St. Charles Parish School District. His spouse, <br /> Kelli Oertling, is the Principal of Lakewood Elementary School, which is in the St. Charles Parish <br /> School District. Mrs. Oertling's employment with the St. Charles Parish School District predates <br /> Dr. Oertling's appointment as Superintendent by many yeaxs. <br /> PROPOSED DISQUALIFICATION PLAN <br /> Dr. Oertling is disqualified from participating in any decisions related to Mrs. Oertling's pay, <br /> perfoi-�nance evaluations, further promotions, or any other decisions and/or approvals involving <br /> the St. Charles Parish School District in which Mrs. Oertling may have a substantial econoinic <br /> interest. Dr. Oertling will take no part in Mrs. Oertling's evaluation process or scoring, which is <br /> currently performed by the Executive Director of Elementary Schools. <br /> Additionally, should Mrs. Oertling be a candidate for promotion, Dr. Oertling will take no part in <br /> any process of selection for the position. Finally, Dr. Oertling will formally recuse himself from <br /> any matter that may relate to any grievance and related processes that Mrs. Oertling inay have, <br /> which arises as a result of her employment with the St. Charles Parish School District, or which <br /> may be lodged against her pursuant to her employment. <br /> Law <br /> La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) provides that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving <br /> the goverrunental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his iimnediate family <br /> has a substantial economic interest. <br /> �.<::.2_�'" s. ;3 S�.C.. #S-.`:°.� .'tii��.,�... -`k>r. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUN/TY EMPLOYER <br />