FILE: DFG
Cf: GAI,
DONATIONS AND GIFTS
No public servant shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of economic value as a gift or gratuity from 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, or
Is seeking, for compensation, to influence the passage or defeat of legislation by the public servant's agency.
No public employee shall solicit or accept, directly or indirectly, anything of economic value as a gift or gratuity from any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person or entity.
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.
DONATIONS
The Lafayette Parish School Board shall encourage community groups, organizations, and individuals to assist the School Board in providing materials and financial resources to the School Board or schools which otherwise might not be available.
The School Board may accept and administer any donation that may be made to it for educational or literary purposes and shall enumerate details of the contents of such donations in a document made publicly available on its website. If accepted, the School Board, as donee, shall administer the property entrusted to them in conformity with the directives contained in the act of donation assuming such directives comply with federal and state statutes and for that purpose the School Board is vested with all the necessary powers of administration. The Lafayette Parish School Board reserves the right, however, to examine the provisions of any and all prospective donations to a school, the School Board, or a School Board-related entity to ascertain the propriety of the donation.
Unrestricted donations may be accepted by the School Board or any school subject to approval guidelines of the School Board. Items donated to schools may be retained by the receiving school under the ownership of the School Board. The School Board shall retain the discretion to remove, repair, or modify any item which it considers obsolete, worn-out, or unsafe.
GIFTS AND AWARDS
School funds shall not be used to provide any form of gift to an employee, and no employee shall accept such gift, except that which is dedicated for that specific purpose. No cash gifts shall be given School Board employees or students, whether in appreciation, as a “bonus,” or for any other reason. For purposes of this policy, gift certificates for merchandise shall be considered cash and shall not be given as a gift. This includes payment from athletic booster clubs or other organizations to coaches, sponsors, or employees. Cash awards may be given to schools as contest prizes or incentive awards but only when the recipient is not predetermined.
Adopted: October 7, 2015
Revised: March 13, 2024
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:381, 17:382, 17:383, 42:1115, 42:1123
Board minutes, 10-7-15, 3-13-24
Lafayette Parish School Board