| Advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits Dana Gros, principal of South Larose Elementary, from rendering compensated services to Lafourche Education Foundation while it has a contractual, business or financial relationship with schools within Lafourche Parish School District. |
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Dana Gros is the Principal for South Larose Elementary, which is part of the Lafourche Parish School District. The Lafourche Education Foundation is a nonprofit that raises and invest funds to support and advance educational excellence in Lafourche Parish. The Foundation works to enhance learning opportunities for students and educators by providing grants, resources, and community partnerships that align with District goals.
Dan Gros seeks to be employed as the Executive Director of the Foundation and while serving in that capacity, she will not serve on the committee that selects or awards the donations to the schools or the teachers within the District.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency; conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency; or has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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