Enrollment

Middle school and high school textbook rental rates and fees vary on the classes taken by each student. 

Online statements available: September 23, 2020

Payments due: November 29, 2020

1. Log into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account.
2. Select Resources
3. Select Textbook Payment/RYCOR

Yes. You only pay the textbook rental rate and fee once per school year.

If you qualify for free or reduced lunch, you are also eligible for free textbooks. You must file for textbook assistance at the time of enrollment. You must reapply for this program each school year that you are interested in textbook assistance.

Lunch and Textbook Assistance

Book rental may be pro-rated depending on the date your student enrolls in our district. Contact your school for more information.

Replacement books are available, but you will be charged the full replacement price of any book(s) lost or damaged to the point that it cannot be used.

Your school will follow up with families whose book rental fee remains unpaid. Carmel Clay Schools works with Statewide Credit Association to assist with collection of book rental fees that are not received.

The Textbook Rental Fee is established within the Indiana Code (IC 20-26-12). Like the vast majority of school districts in our state, Carmel Clay Schools chooses to use this funding mechanism instead of utilizing General Fund dollars. Carmel Clay Schools believes that our students are best served by using the General Fund to pay for hiring teachers and providing instructional support. 

Like every other school district in the State of Indiana, Carmel Clay Schools has a textbook adoption process in place to make sure that we select quality instructional materials every six years from the adoption list prepared by the Indiana Department of Education. Districts must choose materials from this list (or the state continued use list) or submit a waiver by June 1 for approval to use materials not on the state adoption list.

A committee of parents, teachers, administrators, and students meet monthly throughout the school year to examine materials and make their final recommendation to the superintendent and school board. After the school board approves the textbook selections, book rental fees are established accordingly.