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gilmer high school standard practice bulletin spb textbooks ghs textbook policy 1 any individual having the responsibility for a student or students to whom or for whom textbooks have been issued shall be held accountable for these books in accordance with the laws policies rules and regulations as the school board or ghs may adopt 2 textbooks distributed to students shall be merely loaned to the students while they pursue the courses of study to which such books relate the books shall be returned at the direction of the principal or teacher in charge 3 responsibility of teachers and principals a teachers and principals shall ascertain by inspection and insure that all books issued to the school are cared for properly whether such books are in the hands of students or in storage b teachers shall see that all textbook reports are completed and submitted as prescribed c to comply with the provisions with respect to collections made for damaged or lost textbooks 1 students shall not be assessed for the use of textbooks except when there is evidence of abnormal wear and tear unnecessary damage 2 if books issued to a teacher are lost e.g either by removal from a classroom without the teacher s knowledge or by children who borrow them and then move away without returning the books a written record shall be made accounting for the loss in such cases a teacher shall not be held responsible for the loss of such books unless the teacher obviously has been negligent 3 when books cannot be accounted for a the book numbers and titles and the names and last known addresses of the students to whom the lost books were issued shall be submitted to the proper designee b a report must be filed as to the efforts made to collect or account for each book c a report shall be made for lost books which have not been issued to students when the reason or cause for such loss is known this must be included in the report 4 in order to comply with the provisions or give reasons in writing to the principal for noncompliance teachers must account for all books delivered into their custody by returning all such textbooks or by providing explanation for each book not returned in the same manner as discrepancies are reported to principals by teachers.

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5 it shall be the duty and responsibility to collect from each pupil or his/her parent the purchase price of any instructional material the pupil has lost destroyed or unnecessarily damaged in the first year of school use and to report and transmit such amounts so collected to the principal if such material so lost destroyed or damaged has been in school use for more than one 1 year assessments for lost and damaged textbooks shall be based on the following formula a textbook is expected to last for a period of five 5 years as shown below a decrease of one 1 letter per year is allowed for normal use should the book decrease two 2 letters per year a charge of approximately one-fourth of the cost of a new book shall be levied for a decrease of three 3 letters the charge shall be approximately one half and four 4 letters approximately three-fourths of the cost of the new book damage assessment table a excellent or new b good c fair d poor e ­ salvageable 6 in no case shall a principal or a teacher be held financially accountable for the loss of textbooks if appropriate accounting for all losses shall have been made in accordance with the foregoing provisions 7 students may be requested to review books and write a list of damages on back of textbook card at time of issue approved 7/1/2010 rev 1 7/1/2010

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gilmer high school obligation card student name student amount reason for obligation title/item number date issued course teacher/coach failure to fulfill this obligation may result in withholding of the report card and eligibility to participate in various school activities date grade class/organization condition date returned student signature gilmer high school obligation card student name student amount reason for obligation title/item number date issued course teacher/coach failure to fulfill this obligation may result in withholding of the report card and eligibility to participate in various school activities date grade class/organization condition date returned student signature

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