§ 21-9-201 — Boards of trustees to purchase and lend to pupils; responsibility of pupils; sale of surplus

(a) The board of trustees of each school district within
the state shall purchase all textbooks necessary to the
operation of the schools under its jurisdiction. Each such board
may in addition purchase such supplies as it deems necessary.
Such textbooks and supplies shall be held as the property of the
district and shall be loaned to pupils free of any charge;
provided, the pupils shall be held responsible for damage to,
loss of, or failure to return such books and supplies except
those that by their nature are expended during the course of
study.
(b) The board may sell to any pupil or parent, at its
cost, any surplus books or supplies it has purchased and which
such pupil or parent desires to purchase for his own use.