Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-08-22

schools which have not yet opened
and whose opening date is still far
enough distant to permit the installa-
tlon of the rental textbook system,
state superintendent of Public In
struction Clyde A. Erwin said today.
1t is believed that it will be possible
to install the rental system in from
70 to Is per cent of the schools. Ap-
proximately 10 per cent of the schools
are already open and about Is per
cent more are scheduled to open with
IN the next two or three weeks, or
before the textbook commission can
deliver the books for the new sys-
tenn. so that thee hildren in these
schools will have to purchase their
books as in the past. But the rental
system will be installed in enough
schools to save parents and children
hundreds of thousands of dollars this
year, members of the commission be-
iieve,
How the Plan Works.
The rental commission is planning
to purchase approximately $1,50O,OOO
worth of basal textbooks which it will
rent to the school children at a cost
Of about one-third the purchase price,
which will give them a saving of ap-
proximately $1,OOO,OOO as compared
with the direct sale system. The text
books will be shipped direct to each
county and city superintendent. for
all the schools under his jurisdiction
DaSed on the number which have al
ready been asked for each school,
Each superintendent will then turn
the number of books needed for each
school over to the principal who, to-
gether with the teachers, will be re-
sponsible for setting up the rental
system in each school.
The opening day of school, the
principal will issue to earh teaiher the
approximate number of boows needed
also the various blanks and rehords
which must be filled in. After the
teacher has issued the books and aft
er the rental has been paid, one copy
of the blank showing the books is
sued, the amount of rental paid, the
name of the pdpil to whom issdet
and the amount received by the
teacher. is given to the pupil A dup
llcate copy goes to the principal and
third duplicate is retained by the
teacher. All three copies must be
signed both by the pupil and the
teacher, except with beginning pupils.
when the blanks are signed only by
the teacher. If any of the books are
damaged or lost, the teacher is ex-
pected to collect the extent of the
damage or loss from the pupils re-
sponsible for it. Each receipt will also
have a serial number.
If pupil is classed as INDECENT and
thus unable to pay the book rental
teh books will be issued without any
fee. But in order to bet free books
INDECENT pupils must. A written GER
tification must be obtained from the
county welfare officer for each child
to the effect that he or she is in
digent and not able to pay the BOOK
rental fee and this notice must b.
attached to the copy of the receipt
sent to the principal, before booWs
can be issued to INDECENT children.
No books will be issued to any chill
dren until the rental fee has been
paid At the end of each week or
month each teacher will be required
to make report on the total amount
of fees collected, the total of uncol-
lected fees of INDECENT children and
of collections for damaged or lost
books. =" j'+
Each principal, in turn, will make
out a report to the superintendent at
the end Of the first week OF school
and at the end OF each month, SUM.
marizing the collections by each
teacher in each grade and renting
all collections, WI ,ch will theC be re-
O1ittOd tC rho State tCea S11rer nv tht
superintendent.