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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ��OF LOpcs9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> 9 P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> cONrmcNcc (225)219-5600 <br /> b» FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> February 5, 2024 <br /> Antiqua Hunter <br /> 6030 Calistoga Ct. <br /> Zachary, Louisiana 70791 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2023-855 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Ms. Hunter, <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on February 2, 2024, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Code of Govermnental Ethics ("Code")permits you to provide <br /> educational consulting services while you are employed with the Louisiana Department of <br /> Education. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You are currently employed by the Louisiana Department of Education("LDOE") as an Education <br /> Consultant Supervisor in the Division of Federal Support and Grantee Relations within the Office <br /> of Operations. In this role you act as the state homeless coordinator by assisting school districts <br /> with the federal mandates in Title IX to ensure students experiencing homelessness are identified, <br /> able to enroll in school, and are successful. You also act as the state parent and family engagement <br /> coordinator by assisting school districts in implementing family and parent engagement activities <br /> provided by the federal mandates in Title I. Lastly, you review school district budgets to ensure <br /> that funds are expended on allowable activities within the federal guidelines. You do not assist any <br /> individual students or parents in your employment with LDOE. <br /> You ask whether you can provide educational consulting services for compensation via AB Hunter <br /> Consulting, USA, LLC in Louisiana and surrounding states while you remain employed with <br /> LDOE in the Division of Federal Support and Grantee Relations. <br /> ANALYSIS <br /> As an Education Consultant Supervisor in the Division of Federal Support and Grantee Relations <br /> within the LDOE Office of Operations, you are a public employee and a public servant pursuant <br /> to La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) and La. R.S. 42:1102(19), respectively. Your "agency" for purposes of <br /> the Code is the Division of Federal Support and Grantee Relations because that is the office in <br /> which you carry out your primary responsibilities pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i). Your <br /> governmental entity is the State of Louisiana pursuant to La. R.S.42:1102(12). Your governmental <br /> entity is the State of Louisiana pursuant to La. R.S. 42:1102(12). <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2023-855) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />