FILE: D-3.6
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
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, if such public employee knows or reasonably should know that such person:
Conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the
public employee's agency.
Has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.
DONATIONS
The Central Community 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.
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 Central Community School Board. The School Board shall retain the discretion to remove, repair, or modify any item which it considers obsolete, worn-out, or unsafe.
The School Board may accept and administer any donation that may be made to it for educational or literary purposes. The School Board, as donee, shall administer the property entrusted to them in conformity with the directives contained in the act of donation and for that purpose the School Board is vested with all the necessary powers of administration.
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.”
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:381, 17:382, 17:383, 42:1115
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