Students are responsible for the care and preservation of all instructional
materials checked out to them. Please read the following rules and responsibilities carefully.
The textbooks checked out to you with your Palm Springs High
School ID card are the property of the Palm Springs Unified School District and it is your privilege to use the
books while you are a student at Palm Springs High School. They are "not"
yours to keep after you have completed a class or have decided to drop from a class.
Only students with a current, valid Palm Springs High
School ID card will be issued books. Students will be issued textbooks only for those classes in which they are enrolled.
Students are required to return all textbooks at the conclusion of the class, at the direction or request of the administration,
teacher and/or the Library staff, or if the student leaves Palm Springs High School.
1. Textbooks are only checked out with a current, valid Palm
Springs High School ID card.
2. All texts
are to be covered with a paper, non-adhesive book cover.
3. Students are to protect all textbooks from damage.
4.
Students are asked not to write, underline or highlight in textbooks, including textbook novels checked out for English classes
(use sticky notes!).
5. If text is lost or damaged in any way, student is required to pay all costs for the text
that was checked out to their account. See Ed. Code below.
6. All texts checked out to the student must be returned in good, usable
condition, with the barcode still attached to the book, at the end of the class.
7. Students will not be allowed to check out texts during Validation
for the new school year or have records transferred, etc., until all textbooks and library books are returned and outstanding
fines are paid.
Textbook Fines and Fees
Report
cards and transcripts may be withheld if a student owes a fine for overdue or damaged materials. This includes
fines owed to middle schools within the district.
Fines for repair or replacement of library or textbook materials
are assessed when materials are abused during the time the student was responsible for the materials. Fines are assessed when
a book is water or liquid damaged, the binding is damaged, a barcode or picture has been cut from the book, or damage due
to ink, highlighter, or writing has occurred inside the book.
Damage Descriptions
Barcode missing - $5
Unusable - stained, mildewed, burned, destroyed
- replacement cost
Lost & paid, found, returned usable - Full Refund
A full refund is issued for items lost and paid for when returned in good, usable condition.
Education Codes
19910 Malicious
Cutting, Tearing, Defacing, Breaking or Injuring Library Property
19911 Willful Retention
of Library Property
48904 Willful Misconduct; Limit of Liability of Parent or Guardian
48904.3 Missing Library Books
Withholding Grades, Diplomas or Transcripts of Students causing Property damage or Injury Transfer of Permanent Enrollment
and Scholarship Record
Government Code
53069.5 Reward for Information Concerning
Person Causing Death, Injury, or Property Damage; Liability for Reward
Civil Code
1714 Responsibility for Willful Acts and Negligence; Contributory Negligence
1714.1 Liability of Parent/Guardian Act of Willful Misconduct by a Minor
1714.3 Liability for Parent/Guardian for Injury to Person/Property Caused
by Minor Under Fifteen
