BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Board of Ethics has filed charges against Brittney Temple, alleging she violated state ethics law by taking a job within the Louisiana State University System while her father-in-law sat on the LSU Board of Supervisors.
Collis Temple Jr. was first appointed to the LSU Board of Supervisors on July 1, 2020, as an at-large member for a two-year term, according to the filing. He was reappointed on July 20, 2020, to represent Louisiana’s 6 Congressional District for a six-year term and served continuously on the board throughout the events described in the complaint.
The University Laboratory School, commonly known as U-High, is operated by the LSU College of Human Sciences and Education. Because the LSU Board of Supervisors governs the LSU System, the Board of Ethics contends that Collis Temple Jr. qualified as an “agency head” for the school under Louisiana ethics law…