Giving old Chromebooks away to students

[Tammie]

Hi all

 

Forgive me if this is really in the wrong place on here, but we're looking to donate some of our older Chromebooks to some of our more vulnerable children. We won't be asking for them back. I think we'd need some sort of agreement where they contribute a very small amount and buy them off us. Does anyone else know? Or can think of anything else we should be mindful of?

 

I imagine in the agreement we should state that they won't be replaced by us if they break, we are not responsible for their maintenance (or your child while they use it) etc.

 

Thanks!

[hardtailstar]

At my last school kit was sold off at market value or donation.

 

Make sure you get them to sign an agreement that the school is not responsible for repairs or support if that's the road you are going. Keep all the forms too incase they do kick up a fuss.

We had a two week grace period where they could return it if there was no physical damage and it was an obvious software issue.

 

Make sure you declare it on your asset register too that it's been sold off etc.

[FragglePete]

I think you have to be careful if you 'sell' them as such, as you may fall foul to VAT rules. If your exempt from paying VAT (or claim it back), then strictly speaking if you 'sell' it, you have to charge VAT. Dunno, could be wrong but I'm sure our SBM reminded me of that some time ago.

 

Pete

[Tammie]

Thank you both. That's a good idea for a 2 week grace period and after that they're on their own.

 

We don't have to charge them at all, we're happy to give them away, my head thought we had to charge something but maybe that's not the case?

[hardtailstar]

Thank you both. That's a good idea for a 2 week grace period and after that they're on their own.

 

We don't have to charge them at all, we're happy to give them away, my head thought we had to charge something but maybe that's not the case?

 

You dont have to charge, The only reason why the school did was to make a bit of money to pay for new resources as the school didnt have much of a budget.

[TwistedHelixis]

How does this work in relation to disposal rules? We get a certificate from the company that collects our old equipment which covers us from legal action should student or staff data ever be found on those devices.

[FN-GM]

How does this work in relation to disposal rules? We get a certificate from the company that collects our old equipment which covers us from legal action should student or staff data ever be found on those devices.

 

Chromebooks are encrypted.

[TwistedHelixis]

Chromebooks are encrypted.

Realised that when I hit post. What about other devices?

[hardtailstar]

Realised that when I hit post. What about other devices?

 

When I did, I formatted the hard drive in a caddy first then used a recovery disk to install windows.

 

Not sure many laptops come with recovery disks now.

[jmak]

When I did, I formatted the hard drive in a caddy first then used a recovery disk to install windows.

 

Not sure many laptops come with recovery disks now.

Shouldn't need one - the licence is embedded and you can download an install disk direct from Microsoft.