Section 393.170 - Library books, textbooks and other school supplies: Purchase; payment for damage; ownership; penalty1. The board of trustees of a school district shall purchase all new library books and supplies, all new textbooks and supplementary schoolbooks which are necessary and have been approved by the State Board of Education, and school supplies necessary to carry out the mandates of the school curriculum to be used by the pupils of the school district. The cost of the books and supplies is a legal charge against the school district fund.2. All books purchased by the board of trustees must be held as property of the school district, and must be loaned to the pupils of the school in the school district while pursuing a course of study therein.3. The parents and guardians of pupils are responsible for all books and any and all other material or equipment loaned to the children in their charge, and shall pay to the clerk of the board of trustees, or to any other person authorized by the board to receive the same, the full purchase price of all such books, material or equipment destroyed, lost or so damaged as to make them unfit for use by other pupils succeeding to their classes. The board of trustees shall establish reasonable rules and regulations governing the care and custody of such school property, and for the payment of fines for damage thereto.4. Equipment and materials for use in manual training, industrial training and teaching domestic science may be supplied to the pupils in the same manner, out of the same fund, and on the same terms and conditions as books. No private ownership may be acquired in such equipment or material, unless sold in the manner prescribed by law when such equipment or material are no longer used or required for the schools of the school district.5. Authorized supplementary books and desk books for the use of teachers must be purchased under NRS 393.160 to 393.210, inclusive, and remain the property of the school district for which they were purchased, unless sold in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.6. The clerk of the board of trustees shall turn over to the county treasurer, within 30 days after receiving it, all money, collected under the provisions of this section, and the money must be credited to the school district fund.7. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.[425:32:1956]-(NRS A 1967, 567; 1973, 235; 1991, 478)[425:32:1956] - (NRS A 1967, 567; 1973, 235; 1991, 478)