Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

identification marks should be removed or blocked out and the item should be returned to
the student.
6. After a replacement title has been purchased, the student is not entitled to a refund if the
item is found and returned. The item then belongs to the student. In this case, all
identification marks should be removed or blocked out.
7. After a student has paid for a book damaged beyond repair, it is his or her property. In
this case, all identification marks should be removed or blocked out.
8. Students are also responsible for paying damage fees, according to the fee schedule below,
for repairable damage to library items.
Procedures:
Missing barcode and/or spine label and/or date due slip – up to $2.00
Torn pages – up to 25% of cost of book
Ink or pencil marks (minor) - $1.00 per page
Ink or pencil marks (major) – 25% of cost of book
Loose bindings (due to misuse) – 50% of cost of book
Missing pages – 100% of cost of book
Obscenities (drawn or written) – 100% of cost of book
Damages that prevent re-issuing book – 100% of cost of book
NOTE: If a student pays for a book in full (100%), he/she is entitled to keep that book.
1. A pre-numbered Aldine ISD receipt must be issued to the student when a lost or damaged
item is paid for.
2. Money collected for lost or damaged library items must be turned in to the school
bookkeeper for deposit.
3. A receipt confirming the amount deposited must be given to the information literacy
specialist.
4. Money collected for lost or damaged library materials must be used to purchase
replacement copies. If a specific title is no longer available, the information literacy
specialist should purchase a similar title.
5. All receipts must be documented on an official pre-numbered Aldine ISD receipt book.
Z. POLICIES FOR LENDING MONEY TO STUDENTS FOR MEALS
All schools are to make arrangements to lend lunch money to students who forget or lose their
money. In most instances, this is handled through the principal's office.
The USDA federal meals program allows free meals only to students whose families are currently
approved for free meals benefits. Schools may wish to purchase, with school funds, sandwich
ingredients for students with outstanding loans.
Lending money to staff members is prohibited.
AA. FEES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND PER DIEM AT DISTRICT EVENTS
School Fees and Memberships
All membership fees for organizations such as UIL, etc. will be paid by the district. This includes
entrance fees in events of solo and ensemble, concert and sight reading, career and technology
contests, etc. Requests for such checks are to be made well in advance of the date and are to be
directed to the appropriate director.
Professional Organizations
Personal membership(s) in professional organizations are not to be charged to the district, special
revenue, or agency funds, unless it costs less to pay for the cost of a conference or subscription fee
plus a membership fee than it does to pay the non-member fee for the conference or subscription fee.
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