Ohio law question (but still pertains to macs)

[Kmoll3ster]

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I'm in high school and a teacher in my districts middle school has just bought herself a new MacBook (my school uses macs so it was probably partly funded by them) and she has an older MacBook which has been replaced with the new one. I was wondering if there is a law/code of ethics in ohio that would make it illegal for me to buy the older MacBook from her?
I have not asked her if she would sell it to me, because I didn't want to seem stupid to ask her to break a law/code of ethics.
Thanks!

 

[skottichan]

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I'm in high school and a teacher in my districts middle school has just bought herself a new MacBook (my school uses macs so it was probably partly funded by them) and she has an older MacBook which has been replaced with the new one. I was wondering if there is a law/code of ethics in ohio that would make it illegal for me to buy the older MacBook from her?
I have not asked her if she would sell it to me, because I didn't want to seem stupid to ask her to break a law/code of ethics.
Thanks!

I believe, as long as the sale is okayed by your parents, and made off school grounds. You'd both be okay.

I bought my first car from the nuns at my school, so I'm guessing it'd be cool to buy your teacher's old laptop.

 

[Mal]

It would, of course, depend on whether the old laptop technically belonged to her or to the school. I know nothing about Ohio's laws or how that school or school district handles that, but that would be one of the important things to figure out.

jW

 

[applepearpp]

it can get complicated depending on how she get the macbook. if she bought it with her own money at full then it's her own. but if the machine is partially funded by a state program or apple-collaboration, it might post a problem because technically the teacher will be taking advantage on other's money. even if that's the case, if you both shut your mouth it should be fine.

just clear it before you buy it from her.

 

[applepearpp]

also, i would suggest you to buy a new computer even if you're on a budget. you get a better performance computer, applecare (the warrenty), and none legal issue. look at the refurbish store first.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

 

[TheStork]

My wife just retired from teaching in Ohio. I showed her this thread. Her comment was

There would only be an ethical problem if the teacher has or could have the student in class. However, the sale shouldn't be a problem since the student is in high school and the teacher is in a middle school. As for the school paying for the teacher's laptop, the school would own it, and the IT dept would have marked and inventoried it. But, probably, the teacher got a good discount through the school, if that.

So, go for it. One of my daughters is a teacher, too, and still uses her educational discount iBook G4 for surfing, email, etc., but her school "lends" her a Windoze laptop for school work. However, her iBook is dated and will probably lose support when Apple drops support for Leopard 10.5.