[aisle] Lost book fees

[Renee Brown]

Can the district create a Library Account within the General Income Fund to
earmark your "income" for spending? Sometimes we will use that money to pay
for lost books to other libraries when our students cannot reimburse us.

In my scenario, one building has a separate Library Fund, one building has
a General Acivity Fund but is willing to spend out of it for library needs,
one building has a General Activity Fund with several sub-accounts of which
one is the Library.

Renee Brown
*District Librarian*
*Computer Teacher*
*Learn and Serve Team Coordinator*
Arthur CUSD #305
217-578-2229


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On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 7:43 AM Barb Miller via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I've only worked in one district that gave the library the money from lost
> books for replacements. It doesn't seem to be the norm.
>
> Barb Miller
> Learning Resource Center Facilitator
> Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C
>
>
> *“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels
> about education.” Harold Howe*
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 1:59 PM Meyer, Gail via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I don’t want this to turn into a discussion about IF we should be
>> charging fees – it’s more an administration question.
>>
>>
>> If your fines and/or fees are collected by someone else in your building
>> or district, do you ever see that money to buy replacement books?  Our
>> bookstore can collect library fees for lost material, but if a student or
>> parent pays the bookstore, I was told the money has to roll over into the
>> general income fund and cannot be put into an account for the library to
>> use to purchase new/replacement materials.  So a student can lose a book
>> and pay, but I never get money to buy a new copy of the book.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this just an odd policy my district has in place, or is this some sort
>> of business/budgeting requirement school districts must follow?
>>
>>
>>
>> Gail Meyer, Librarian
>>
>> TF South High School, Lansing, IL
>>
>> gmeyer at tfd215.org
>>
>> 708.585.2197
>>
>> She/her/hers
>>
>>
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