The vice chairman of the Louisiana Board of Ethics says he resigned from the board for personal reasons, not because of any conflict of interest.
Scott Schneider said that he had missed many of the board meetings because of work and family obligations.
Schneider said suggestions were "absurd" that he resigned because of conflicts surrounding his job as legal counsel at Tulane University, the institution's ties to Teach for America and a case before the ethics board.
The case involved Kira Orange Jones, a member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and her work with Teach for America, which has BESE-approved contracts. The ethics board found no problem with the arrangement.
Schneider says he has nothing to do with Tulane's relationship with Teach for America.
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