Guidelines for Disposing of Out of Date,
Used, or Damaged Instructional Materials
What steps should schools take to dispose of instructional materials?
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Identify the materials.
Remove the items from Instructional Materials Inventory in Destiny.
Pack the books in boxes and secure with tape.
Contact Warehousing Services’ Dispatch Office at 754-321-4725 to schedule a
pick-up.
What instructional materials can be disposed?
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Out of adoption hard cover textbooks, soft cover work texts/consumables, and
workbooks.
Partially used soft cover consumable textbooks and workbooks from the current
adoptions may also be disposed. It recommended that some be retained at the
school for temporary use when the instructional materials inventory cannot
immediately meet the needs of incoming students.
Damaged books.
How will schools know if instructional materials are out of date/out of adoption?
The District publishes a list of District Approved Core Titles. Both the Elementary
District Approved Core Titles and Secondary District Approved Core are posted on CAB
Conference Textbook Coordinators and on the Instructional Materials website at
http://innovativelearning.browardschools.com/-instructional-materials-titles.html. These
documents list the adoption years for each approved title.
When new materials are adopted for schools, textbook coordinators are contacted and
provided directions for ordering new materials. Once the new materials arrive and
schools begin using them, schools select the best time to return out-of-date materials for
disposal.
How are instructional materials disposed?
Schools should not dispose of hard cover or soft cover instructional materials or library
media materials by placing them in garbage cans or recycle bins.
The Warehousing Services department manages the disposal methods for all schools
throughout the District, in compliance with Florida Statute 1006.41. Statute allows for:
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Surplus instruction materials are available to other public education programs
throughout the county, teachers for use in developing supplemental teaching
materials for students*, and all other governmental agencies.
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Selling materials to used book dealers, recycling plants, pulp mills, or other
persons, firms, or corporations upon such terms as are most economically
advantageous to Broward County Public Schools.
* Schools that give materials to students should take steps to ensure that the materials
will be used to promote student achievement, including but not limited to, notifying
parents that materials are being given to students and providing students/parents with
information on how to best use the books.
Warehousing Services may be contacted via CAB Conference Warehousing Services or
e-mail at warehousing.services@browardschools.com.
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