| Request for Disqualification Plan approval submitted by Robert L. Hammonds, General Counsel for the Lafayette Parish School Board, regarding the employment of Allison Champagne and her mother, Kathy Aloisio. |
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Kathy Aloisio has been employed with the Lafayette Parish School Board since 1984. On August 1, 2019, she was promoted to the position of Director of Middle and Secondary Schools.
Allison Champagne was hired by the Lafayette Parish School Board in 1997. She most recently was employed as Assistant Principal of L.J. Alleman Middle School. She was recently promoted by Superintendent Irma Trosclair to the position of Principal of Broussard Middle School. Ms. Champagne is the daughter of Kathy Aloisio. Ms. Aloisio had no involvement in the decision to assign Ms. Champagne to Broussard Middle School.
Proposed Disqualification Plan:
The disqualification plan proposes that Janine LaFleur, Director of Elementary Schools, will handle all supervisory powers and/or authority over matters affecting the employment of Allison Champagne, including observations, evaluations, budget matters, parent complaints, and other matters arising at Broussard Middle School. The proposed disqualification plan has been approved by Lafayette Schools Superintendent Irma Trosclair.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest.
La. R.S. 42:1102(21) defines "substantial economic interest" to mean an economic interest which is of greater benefit to the public servant or other person than to a general class of group of persons.
La. R.S. 42:1112C allows a disqualification plan to be developed in accordance with rules adopted by the Board to remove a public servant from participating in transactions that would otherwise present violations of Section 1112 of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
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Approve the proposed disqualification plan.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
David Bordelon |
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