City Of Tuscaloosa To Accept School Supplies For Parking Tickets Fines In August

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The City of Tuscaloosa will soon offer residents the chance to donate school supplies as payment for parking tickets issued inside the city limits.

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The initiative will run from Aug. 1-Aug. 31, allowing Tuscaloosa residents to pay off $18 overtime parking tickets with a donation of school supplies valued at $10.

City Hall also said on Wednesday that school supplies valued at $20 or more will be accepted in place of two $18 parking tickets.

The supplies will then be donated to the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education and distributed to local students in need.

The city also provided a list of suggested school supplies and their estimated values, before saying that any school supplies valued at $10 will be accepted.

Heavy duty backpacks: $10

Ream white copy paper: $4

Index cards: $.50

Black & blue ink pens: $1

16GB flash drive: $4

Scientific calculators: $9

Erasers – 3 packs: $1.50

Standard/college ruled: $1

College-ruled spira notebooks: $.60

Mechanical or #2 pencils: $1

Binder pouches: $6

Clorox/Lysol wipes 3 packs: $6.50

Highlighters - 3 count.: $2.10

Highlighters - 10 count.: $6

Hand sanitizers: $2

Box(es) of Kleenex tissues: $1.60

Binder dividers: $1.50

Box of crayons: $3

Kids’ scissors: $1.50

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