96-006-E     A county owned community hospital may appropriate funds to a non-profit foundation established to fund academic projects within the municipal public school system when three member of the hospital board of trustees are also on the board of the non-profit foundation without violating the conflict of interest laws if the hospital trustees are not compensated for serving on the non-profit foundation board and if they recuse themselves from the hospital board's vote on the matter. [20, 24, I]

96-013-E     A school board member's spouse may not serve as a paid substitute employee for the district that the board member serves. Violates Constitutional Section 109 and Code Section 25-4-105(2) and (3)(a). [20, A]

96-024-E     County community hospital trustees' may not promote and encourage other trustees to vote for a donation to a non-profit foundation they are officers and members of if the non-profit foundation is a "business with which they are associated" as it would violate §25-4-105(1). [20, 24, I]

96-028-E     An individual appointed by the city council to the city school board whose daughter is employed by the school district when the daughter and her child live in the individual's household results in a violation of Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2). [6, 20, 31]

96-050-E     An individual serving on a municipal separate school board and on a municipal election commission should recuse himself from any action coming before the municipal election commission regarding a school bond issue election. Cautioned regarding §25-4-101 and §25-4-105(5). [4, 20, 21]

96-063-E     A teacher elected as a county board of supervisors' member may leave his assigned duties as a teacher to attend the board of supervisors' meeting only if the school district has a policy and procedure that applies equally to all teachers in regard to their being allowed to leave their assigned duties. Cautioned regarding §25-4-101 and §25- 4-105(1). [14, 20]

96-065-E     A school district may expend federal program funds to provide optometrist services to qualified students when the optometrist providing the services is the spouse of the county superintendent of education because the exception found in §25-4-105 (4)(d)(i) prevents a violation of §25-4-105(3)(a) since the optometrist services being provided are reasonable available from two (2) or fewer commercial sources. Cautioned regarding §25-4-101 and §25-4-105(1). [20, A]

 96-066-E     A retail awards company solely owned by a county supervisor may sell trophies and other award items to the county school district. Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1). [14, 20]

96-071-E     An alderman may be employed as a principal of the school district for the municipality he was elected to serve although he voted to appoint or reappoint three of the current trustees of the school district. Cautioned regarding §25-4-101 and §25-4-105(1). [6, 20]

96-075-E     Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) and (3)(a) prohibit the school district's re-employment of the school board member's spouse during his term, and for one (1) year thereafter. [20, A]

96-076-E     Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) and (3)(a) prohibit the school district's re-employment of the school board member's spouse during his term, and for one (1) year thereafter. [20, A]

96-081-E     A school board may employee the sons of one of its members as an architect and as an attorney if they are financially independent from the father. Cautioned regarding §25-4-101 and §25-4-105(1). [1,20, 31]

96-107-E     1. A legislator's design firm is not as such prohibited from contracting with a school district to construct a field house funded by sixteenth section land funds.

2. A legislator's design firm is not as such prohibited from contracting with a school district to continue with a construction project that is funded by local ad valorem taxes and state public school building funds if no general legislation was passed allowing the use of these funds for this purpose and if these funds were not appropriated or reappropriated by the Legislature during the member's term or for one year thereafter.

Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(1) and (2). [20, 30, F]

96-108-E     An individual may simultaneously serve as a county election commissioner and as a principal of a public school. Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1) and (5). [20, 21]

96-114-E     1. The conflict of interest laws do not as such prohibit a sporting goods store that leases a building partly owned by the city's mayor from selling to the city separate school district.

2. Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) prohibit a sporting goods store that leases a building partly owned by the city's mayor from selling to the city's recreation department.

Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1) and §25-4-101. [8, 9, 20]

96-115-E     Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) prohibit a school board member's company from selling safety equipment to the school district even though there may not be a violation of §25-4-105(3)(a) because of the exception found in §25-4-1 05 (4)(d)(i). [20]

96-130-E     1. §25-4-105(3)(a) prohibits a public school teacher's business from being a vendor with the public school district employing the teacher.

2. §25-4-105(3)(a) prohibits a business employing public school employees (certified and non-certified) from being a vendor with the employees' public school district if the public school employees through their compensation have a material financial interest in the business. Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1) and §25-4-101. [20]

96-147-E     Constitutional Section 109 and §25-4-105(2) prohibit a county school board member's company from selling to the county school district. A county school board member's company may sell to the county. Cautioned regarding §25-4-105(1). [9, 20]

96-150-E     The conflict of interests laws do not as such prohibit a county school board member from simultaneously serving as a county literacy coordinator for a non-profit corporation and as a director operating a day care center for the non-profit corporation if no contracts or funding exists between the non-profit corporation and the school district. Further, the conflict of interest laws do not prohibit the non-profit corporation employing the school board member from using a building furnished by the county board of supervisors since the county is a separate governmental entity from the county school district. Cautioned regarding Constitutional Section 109, §25-4-105(1), (2) and (3)(d) and §25-4-101. [14, 20, I]