Laptop Loaner Program: Home

Snead State Community College is pleased to offer laptop computers for use by Snead State students for their academic studies. Students will be asked to read and acknowledge by signing an agreement each time a laptop is checked out. The student borrower is responsible for the proper use and safe return of the laptop computer. 

Laptops will be available to checkout in the IT Department in the basement of the McCain Center from 8:30 - 3:00 Monday through Wednesday.  You can call ahead to verify availability at (256) 900-7121.

AVAILIBILITY IS VERY LIMITED!

(All of these conditions must be met) 

• No delinquent service indicators or holds on student account  
• No previous violations of Loaner Device program  
• Valid Snead State Student ID 
• Read and agrees with the Loaner Equipment Terms and Conditions

(One of these conditions must be met) 

• Currently enrolled credit student with 3 or more credit hours  
• Written approval from Adult Education or Workforce Administrators  

• Loan duration for all equipment is limited to a maximum of 90 days or the end of the semester, whichever comes first, unless extenuating circumstances warrant an extension.
• Equipment availability is on a first come, first served basis.
• Reservations are not accepted.
• Loan extensions may be granted to students in good standing and will be based on device availability.
• Upon return of the loaner equipment, interested students may inquire about extension availability. 
• Borrowers may only check out one laptop at a time.
• Laptops are circulated on a first-come, first-served basis. 
• Borrowers cannot reserve a laptop check-out ahead of time. 
• Under no circumstances should a borrower leave a laptop unattended while in their custody. 
• Documents cannot be saved to the laptops; data files should be saved to removable media or cloud storage (e.g., a USB flash drive or O365 OneDrive storage).  Any personal documents that may have been saved to the laptop will be permanently erased after the laptop is reimaged upon return.   
• Users may not alter, change, or modify any configuration settings of any software pre-installed on the laptops.  Users are however permitted to perform administrative installations of additional scholastic software onto the laptop as necessary for academic purposes. The borrower is responsible for any software downloads that maliciously damages the existing configuration of the system. Also be mindful that the additionally installed software will be erased after the laptop restarts. 
• Borrowers are to report any computer malfunctions/damage when the laptop is returned. 
• Borrowers must wait until an attendant completely checks the laptop back-in before they can leave the desk.  During check-in, the laptop will be rebooted and checked for functionality and damages. 
•  A student's privilege to check out a laptop may be removed if the student fails to return the laptop when due. 

• The borrower is responsible for the safe return of the equipment and its associated peripherals to the Snead State location from which the equipment was borrowed. If the borrower does not return the equipment, charges will be assessed, a loss of borrowing privileges incurred, and a hold placed on their Snead State student account. Details of the charges can found in this document. 
• Do not leave equipment unattended at any time. Laptops or other equipment found unattended will be returned to the respective support center and the incident will be noted in the student’s borrowing records.
• The borrower is not responsible for normal wear and tear or hardware failures. The borrower is responsible for the full replacement cost of the equipment, if it is damaged, lost, or stolen, or if any peripheral devices are damaged or made inoperable in any way while it is checked out by the student.  
• All user files are removed from the laptop’s hard disk after reimage when returned. Any data that is saved to the hard drive will be lost. Snead State is not responsible for deleted files. Student users are instructed to save their files often to removable media or cloud storage (e.g., a USB flash drive or O365 OneDrive storage).  
• Although every attempt will be made to provide student users with fully charged laptops at checkout, Snead State does not guarantee that laptops will have full battery power at checkout. An AC adapter will be provided to student borrowers at checkout. All peripherals must be returned at the end of the borrowing period.
• Borrowers must adhere to the SNEAD STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY and all other applicable Snead State IT policies, State or Federal Laws, and contractual agreements.  
• All equipment is to be used for academic purposes only. 

A charge may be accessed to the student’s account if equipment is not returned or returned in a damaged state. If a borrower fails to pay, they will forfeit any future rights for loaner equipment and a hold will be placed on their Snead State student account. This hold can affect future registrations, transcript requests, etc.

Charges for Lost and Damaged equipment are as follows: 

• Lost or stolen laptop - up to $1,200 
• Missing charger(laptop - $50 
• Damaged Keyboard - $100 
• Cracked Screen - $600 
• Scratch and dents - up to $200 
• Missing carrying case - $50 
• Missing battery - $200