Principals' activity funds should be used for educational purposes and paying for lost textbooks is considered an educational purpose. The textbook coordinator determines the number of lost textbooks from each campus for the 1999-2000 school year and informs the assistant superintendent for Business Services. July 2000 2. The assistant superintendent for Business Services determines the number and value of lost and unusable textbooks at each school and informs the principals. July 2000 3.
Principals pay for the textbooks lost or rendered unusable during the school year.
July 2000 4. The textbook coordinator orders replacement textbooks from the state. The estimate assumes that on average the district pays this much each year for lost and unusable textbooks. The district purchased an automated textbook inventory system to help reduce the number of lost textbooks, but only the district version of the software is used. Ball High School, all middle schools and Scott Elementary School have the campus version, but school personnel prefer to keep their textbook inventories on paper.