92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 003 - Application Procedures for Textbook Loans for School Years through the 2024-25 School Year

Applications by a parent, legal guardian, or authorized parent representative for the loan of textbooks must be made to the school district in which the child resides or the school district in which the private school the child attends is located no later than January 15, for the following school year, and must be made on behalf of each individual child on designated Form NDE #22-001. Parents authorizing a parent representative to apply for pickup and return of textbooks, must fill out and give to the parent representative an Authorized Parent Representative Form (NDE Form #22-004) for presentation to local school officials. Textbooks designated, by title, for use in the public schools of the school district in which the child resides or of the school district in which the private school attended by the child is located may be requested for loan. The copyright edition of such textbook titles to be loaned, including the most recent copyright edition offered by the publisher, will be at the discretion of the parent(s) or legal guardians(s), if multiple versions are available.

003.01 Return of textbooks. Except as provided in section 004.10 of this chapter, the parent, legal guardian, or authorized parent representative of a private school child must return textbooks that can be returned to an inventory site and loaned anew to another private-school student to the designated inventory site as provided in Section 004.07 within 15 days after the close of the public school year classes.

003.02 Lost or damaged textbooks. If a parent, legal guardian, or authorized parent representative fails to return a textbook as required in Section 003.01 or returns a textbook damaged beyond ordinary wear and tear, he/she will be responsible for reimbursing the school district for the loss of the non-returned textbooks or the damage. School districts may refuse to loan textbooks to parents, legal guardians, or authorized parent representatives who have failed to reimburse the school district for lost or damaged textbooks. See Section 004.08 regarding use of reimbursed funds.

003.03 Limitations. The school district must limit the loan each year to ten textbooks per child for children in grades K-6 and to eight textbooks per child for children in grades 7-12.

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92 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 003

Amended effective 11/10/2024