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10-17-2007, 10:43 PM
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| Does your state give free textbooks?
Our state doesn't, it only offers it for those who qualify. I am just curious how many other states do actually have free textbooks.  |
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10-17-2007, 10:47 PM
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Indiana doesn't have ANYTHING free! LOL  I think PA has the free books.  |
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10-17-2007, 10:48 PM
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| Free textbooks to where? High school?
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10-17-2007, 10:52 PM
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We only have to pay for a textbook if your child loses it. In college you do have to buy your textbooks. I am in So. CA but I don't know if it is the whole state or not.
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10-17-2007, 10:56 PM
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10-18-2007, 12:18 AM
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I live in Kansas (now) and was shocked when I enrolled my kids in PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and had to write a check for $130 for textbook fees!! I have 2 kids, each uses 2 textbooks in the class. Obviously, these are used books and they do not get to keep them!! We have to pay a fee every year!!
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10-18-2007, 12:43 AM
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We do not have to pay textbook fees unless the kid loses the textbook. They do not keep the books, they turn them back in at the end of the year. This is for grade school, junior high and high school.
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10-18-2007, 05:19 AM
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I have always worked in a Catholic school and my kids went to one. For a while the book bill was separate and then it became part of tuition. In Maryland in the last couple of years, the state has given $90 per student to help the cost of books. We as a school have to give the books back to the state when we are done using them (5-7 years).
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10-18-2007, 06:12 AM
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10-18-2007, 06:59 AM
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We live in Missouri. There are no enrollment fees here. In my ds middle school the kids get a set of text books to use at school and an entire set to keep at home to use for homework over the school year! We moved here from Kansas where the publc schools are so poorly ran...and it is the difference between night and day! |
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10-18-2007, 07:02 AM
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I had a student who glued their textbook shut.  and the parent claimed it was still usable.
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10-18-2007, 07:10 AM
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10-18-2007, 08:47 AM
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here in nc, there is no fee for public schools. the books are loaned to the kids and you pay for damages and lost books.
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10-18-2007, 08:58 AM
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I should have said that Indiana does have a free program for people that qualify. If they qualify for the free lunches they also get free books. |
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10-18-2007, 09:39 AM
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The kids in elementary school don't have any book fees unless you lose the book, and in some cases of two of the same book, one for home and one for school.... Now my kids in Middle School, there still aren't any fees, but there also aren't text books for many classes, they have to access the text books online.....I hate that!
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10-18-2007, 10:30 AM
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Now that makes all the sense in the world to me! |
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10-18-2007, 12:01 PM
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My school is free too. I dont think that the state of Ohio is but my district is.
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10-18-2007, 03:21 PM
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I can remember maybe one year when I was in high school having to buy books. However, that was 31 yrs. ago. Books have been free since that time. IMHO, something needs to be done in the districts and/or states that make the students pay for their text books. |
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10-18-2007, 04:07 PM
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this may seem like silly question, but if you have to pay for the textbooks do you then get to keep them at the end of the year or are they still school property?
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10-18-2007, 07:27 PM
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We have to return them at the end of the year they call it school book rental. But yet if a book becomes damaged we still have to pay for the book on top of what we already paid |
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10-18-2007, 07:43 PM
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that's quite a hefty "rental" imo
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10-18-2007, 11:32 PM
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This makes sense to me. You borrow a book from the library, if damage it, you pay a fine for either repair or replacement. No damage, then no fine. Our district buys the books and loans them out to the students. By charging book fees, districts can stretch their money.  |
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