SECTIONS 60510-60511 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 60510-60511

60510. The state board, the governing board of a school district,
or a county office of education may dispose of surplus or
undistributed obsolete instructional materials in its possession that
are usable for educational purposes in any of the following ways:
(a) By donation to a governing board, county free library, or
other state institution.
(b) By donation to a public agency or institution of any territory
or possession of the United States, or the government of a country
that formerly was a territory or possession of the United States.
(c) By donation to a nonprofit charitable organization.
(d) By donation to children or adults in the State of California,
or foreign countries for the purpose of increasing the general
literacy of the people.
(e) By sale.

60510.1. All of the proceeds of any sale of surplus or
undistributed obsolete instructional materials made pursuant to
subdivision (e) of Section 60510 shall be available for school
districts and county offices of education to acquire basic
instructional materials, supplemental instructional materials, or
technology-based materials.

60510.5. (a) Prior to the disposition by a school district of any
instructional materials pursuant to Section 60510, the school
district governing board is encouraged to do both of the following:
(1) No later than 60 days prior to that disposition, notify the
public of its intention to dispose of those materials through a
public service announcement on a television station in the county in
which the district is located, a public notice in a newspaper of
general circulation published in that county, or any other means that
the governing board determines to reach most effectively the
entities described in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section
60510.
(2) Permit representatives of the entities described in
subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 60510 and members of
the public to address the governing board regarding that disposition.
(b) This section does not apply to any school district that, as of
January 1, 1992, had in operation a procedure for the disposition of
instructional materials pursuant to Section 60510.

60511. Any organization, agency, or institution receiving obsolete
instructional materials donated pursuant to this article shall
certify to the governing board of the school district or the county
board of education, as appropriate, that it agrees to make no charge
of any kind to the persons to whom the organization gives or lends
those materials.