Textbooks are property of the Board and shall be returned at the end of the school year, upon completion of the course or upon withdrawal from a course or school. Parent(s)/guardian(s) are to sign an agreement stating they shall be responsible for the textbooks received and used by their children.

Board Policy 637 (Withholding of Grades, Transcripts, or Diplomas) clarifies that state law allows the withholding of grades, grade cards, transcripts, or diplomas for failure to make restitution for damaged or lost textbooks, library books, and other school system materials. Grades, grade cards, transcripts, or diplomas may be withheld for failure to pay just debts such as charges in the cafeteria or failure to pay for damages such as those to school buses or lockers and other just debts owed to the school. Instead of withholding grades, grade cards, transcripts or diplomas, the principal may refuse to issue additional text books to the student until restitution is made. For more information about this process, refer to Board Policy 637.