<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Our district does the same, affectionately known as the "District Black Hole." As far as HAVE to, in my mind that remains debatable. I have looked at the state statues for this information, and while it addresses accessed <b>fees</b>, it does not mention <b>fines</b> (at least, it didn't a year ago when I looked). I personally think putting this into a district pot without purchasing the book is wrong. If I were a parent and paid for a lost book, I would expect the district to purchase that book. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 1:59 PM Meyer, Gail via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t want this to turn into a discussion about IF we should be charging fees – it’s more an administration question.<u></u><u></u></p>
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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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this just an odd policy my district has in place, or is this some sort of business/budgeting requirement school districts must follow?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gail Meyer, Librarian<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TF South High School, Lansing, IL<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:gmeyer@tfd215.org" target="_blank">gmeyer@tfd215.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">708.585.2197<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She/her/hers<u></u><u></u></p>
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