Guidelines for Schools
Schools should follow these guidelines for accepting donated equipment:
- Accept only equipment which meets or exceeds minimum system
requirements.
- Donated equipment should facilitate the school's technology plan.
- Donated equipment should be compliant with the selected school's computing platform.
- Minimal or no additional costs should be incurred to make the equipment viable.
- Donated equipment becomes the property of Hamilton County Schools
Schools should follow these procedures for accepting donated equipment:
- Work out arrangements with the donor for delivering and setting up the equipment.
- Obtain full rights to use and discard equipment as the school sees fit.
- Ultimate disposal of donated equipment is the responsibility of the school.
- Proper disposal and/or recycling procedures should be followed. Surplus equipment
will be collected one time each year by the district.
- Donated items should be physically stamped or labeled as "DONATED."
- Be prepared to write
a letter of thanks that includes a list of donated items. It is not advisable to
specify a dollar value for the donation.
