All textbooks furnished free of charge to pupils shall remain the property of the State of Alabama and the Fayette County Board of Education. A receipt shall be signed by each student upon issuance by school officials of any textbook. The receipt shall be retained until the textbooks are returned. The parent, guardian or other person having custody of the student to whom the textbooks are issued shall be held liable for any loss, abuse, or damage to state owned textbooks. Failure to pay the School district for a lost or damaged book will result in non-issuance of other textbooks. The amount of payment to the shall be determined by the following schedule: 1styear - Original cost 2ndyear - 75% of original cost 3rdyear - 50% of original cost 4thyear - 50% of original cost 5thand 6thyears - 50% of original cost Reimbursement will be made to students who relocate textbooks after payment is made to the and upon representation of payment receipt. PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOKS BY A PARENT The question has been raised of how parents or students can buy textbooks. Refer to the Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-36-35, which reads as follows: enrolled in the public schools or any parent or guardian “Pupils of any such pupils may buy textbooks at the price paid for them by the state board of education plus handling charges, such handling charges not to exceed 15 percent of the publisher’s contract price paid by the state; and all contracts made with publishers shall so provide. Each city and county board of education may provide for the sale of such textbooks as may be needed by pupils for whose grade or courses free textbooks are not furnished. of such textbooks may be made by the county board of education in the school system of which said pupil is enrolled, but the county board of education may make such sales through a designated employee or agent thereof. No handling charge allowed hereunder shall inure to any member, officer or employee of any city or county board of education.”
All textbooks furnished free of charge to pupils shall remain the property of the State of Alabama and the Fayette County Board of Education. A receipt shall be signed by each student upon issuance by school officials of any textbook. The receipt shall be retained until the textbooks are returned. The parent, guardian or other person having custody of the student to whom the textbooks are issued shall be held liable for any loss, abuse, or damage to state owned textbooks. Failure to pay the School district for a lost or damaged book will result in non-issuance of other textbooks. The amount of payment to the shall be determined by the following schedule: 1styear - Original cost 2ndyear - 75% of original cost 3rdyear - 50% of original cost 4thyear - 50% of original cost 5thand 6thyears - 50% of original cost Reimbursement will be made to students who relocate textbooks after payment is made to the and upon representation of payment receipt. PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOKS BY A PARENT The question has been raised of how parents or students can buy textbooks. Refer to the Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 16-36-35, which reads as follows: “Pupils enrolled in the public schools or any parent or guardian of any such pupils may buy textbooks at the price paid for them by the state board of education plus handling charges, such handling charges not to exceed 15 percent of the publisher’s contract price paid by the state; and all contracts made with publishers shall so provide. Each city and county board of education may provide for the sale of such textbooks as may be needed by pupils for whose grade or courses free textbooks are not furnished. of such textbooks may be made by the county board of education in the school system of which said pupil is enrolled, but the county board of education may make such sales through a designated employee or agent thereof. No handling charge allowed hereunder shall inure to any member, officer or employee of any city or county board of education.”