South Carolina § 59-31-340 - School districts responsible for proper protection, use and care of books.
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§ 59-31-340. School districts responsible for proper protection, use and care of books.
The director shall hold each school district in the State responsible for the proper protection, use and care of all schoolbooks allotted to each such district under the terms of this article. Each school district shall make reports to the director when required by the director as to the books on hand and their condition and shall, within thirty days after the end of each school term, return all schoolbooks allocated to such district to the place or places required by the director. The director shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each school term, determine the loss and damage, if any, ordinary wear and tear excepted, sustained by such books in any school district or other educational unit and shall make demand for the payment for such damage upon the various districts and units against which loss and damage shall have been assessed. Any such district or unit feeling itself aggrieved by any such determination may appeal to the State Board of Education. Unless such appeal be taken and sustained, any such district or unit shall forthwith pay for such loss and damage.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 21-484; 1952 Code SECTION 21-484; 1942 Code SECTION 5293; 1936 (39) 1549.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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