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D.C.’s ethics board has censured the former head of D.C. Public Schools for soliciting donations from a contractor that provided the system with meal services, the Associated Press reports.

Kaya Henderson asked Chartwells for a $100,000 contribution to a gala honoring teachers in 2013. The request came weeks after the company was accused of mismanagement in a whistleblower lawsuit that included charges of “rotting food, fraud, and millions of dollars lost,” The Washington City Paper reported. D.C. reached a $19.4 million settlement in the case two years later.

Chartwells made two $25,000 contributions to the gala. The company later quit after seven years on the job, and the school system now has two new meal service vendors.

City officials aren’t allowed to solicit money from companies that do business with D.C. The ethics board can fine officials up to $5,000 for violations, according to AP, but it chose not to issue a fine in this case.

Henderson has agreed to the censure, AP reports. In the negotiated disposition, Henderson said she was following in her predecessor’s footsteps and didn’t realize that it was unlawful.

She left her post at the end of September and the city is currently looking for her replacement.