16-36-60
Section 16-36-60 State Textbook Committee. (a) The State Textbook Committee is created.
The committee shall consider the merit of textbooks offered for use in the public elementary
and high schools of the state and make recommendations for approval or rejection, or both,
to the State Board of Education as hereinafter provided. In making recommendations to the
State Board of Education, the State Textbook Committee shall also consider any recommendations
made by the State Courses of Study Committee or by the State Superintendent of Education.
(b) The State Textbook Committee shall be composed of 23 members. Four of the members shall
be secondary school classroom teachers and four elementary school classroom teachers. One
of these eight members shall be appointed from each of the seven United States Congressional
Districts, as such districts are constituted on July 1, 1998, and one shall be appointed statewide.
Four members shall be appointed from the state at large, and these four...
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16-36-62
Section 16-36-62 Local textbook committee. (a) A local textbook committee or committees
shall be appointed by each separate local board of education. The number, size, and composition,
which shall include parents, of the committee or committees shall be determined by each local
board of education. A copy of local school board policies in regard to local textbook committees
shall be kept on file by each local superintendent. Names of each person serving on a local
textbook committee shall also be kept on file by each local superintendent. (b) In order to
qualify as a member of the committee, each member of the local textbook committee and its
secretary shall prepare an affidavit to be filed with the local board of education within
10 days after notice of the member's appointment stating each of the following: (1) The member
agrees to discharge faithfully all the duties imposed upon him or her as a member or as secretary
of the textbook committee. (2) The member has no interest, directly...
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16-46A-4
Section 16-46A-4 Legislative Task Force. (a) A legislative task force representing local
school superintendents, local school board members, administrators, teachers, and technology
practitioners is established to review and make recommendations for realigning the funding,
structure, and curriculum of the ACCESS program and to aid in the implementation of this chapter.
The task force shall consist of all of the following: (1) Four members, with two appointed
by the Chair of the Senate Education and Youth Affairs Committee and two appointed by the
Chair of the House of Representatives Education Policy Committee. (2) Two members, with one
appointed by the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee and one appointed
by the Chair of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Education Committee. (3) Two members
appointed by the Governor. (4) Two members appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(5) One representative from each of the following: The Alabama...
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16-23-16.1
Section 16-23-16.1 Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; designation
or development of entry-level pre-certification examination for teacher candidates. (a) The
Legislature finds that Alabama is alone among the southern states in not testing teacher candidates
before allowing them in the classroom, and acknowledges that the need exists to establish,
maintain, and enforce minimum professional standards for teacher candidates in the State of
Alabama. In response to such need, there is hereby created a Professional Teachers Standards
Commission (the commission) for the State of Alabama. The commission shall consist of 11 members
appointed by the Governor in the following manner: The Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
Association, Alabama School Board Association, Alabama Council for School Administration and
Supervision, Alabama Education Association, and the Alabama Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education shall each designate a representative that together...
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41-10-395
Section 41-10-395 Board of directors; composition; actions of the authority; record
of proceedings. (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors, constituted as
provided for in this section. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the
board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall elect officers of the board. The
presence of a majority of the members of the board of directors, or their designees, shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No vacancy on the board of directors
or the voluntary disqualification or abstention of any director thereof shall impair the right
of a quorum of the board of directors to act. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of
the directors or committee of directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the directors or all the members of the
committee of directors, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and...

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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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16-36-64
Section 16-36-64 Statewide textbook contracts. (a) No contract shall be made pursuant
to this article for the purchase of textbooks rejected by the State Board of Education. The
only contracts entered into by the State Board of Education pursuant to this article shall
be for textbooks considered by the State Textbook Committee and adopted by the State Board
of Education as provided for in this article. (b) In addition to all other laws which forbid
the use of textbooks in the public schools of the state by authors who are members of the
Communist Party or members of communist front organizations, all contracts with publishers
for textbooks made pursuant to this article shall stipulate that the author or authors of
such book or books is not a member of the Communist Party or known advocate of communism or
Marxist socialism and is not a member of a communist front organization. (c) The maximum price
at which the State Board of Education shall contract for local boards of education to pay...

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16-6G-7
Section 16-6G-7 Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. (a) The State Superintendent
of Education shall establish the Alabama Committee on Grade Level Reading. The committee shall
consist of three members appointed from each State Board of Education district. The Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint one member from each district. The appointing authorities
shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas
is reflective of the makeup of this state. (b) Each member of the committee shall be a parent
or legal guardian of a state K-12 public school student, a practicing teacher, a retired teacher,
or employed in the field of education. (c) On or before June 30, 2020, the committee shall
revise the 2011 Alabama Action Plan for Literacy Birth Through Grade 12 in consultation with
the Campaign for Grade Level Reading group, which shall be...
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41-9-982
Section 41-9-982 Commission - Composition. (a) The commission shall be composed of 20
members as follows: (1) A member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate. (2) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House.
(3) The State Superintendent of Education. (4) Five representatives from the Postsecondary
Education System appointed by the State Board of Education. (5) Twelve members of the public
appointed by the Governor. The public members shall be residents of Alabama, with broad geographic
representation, who have a personal interest or experience in the Holocaust or other genocide
or human rights issue; have experience in the field of Holocaust education; or are liberators
of victims of the Holocaust. (b) Each public member of the commission shall serve for a term
of three years. Public members shall be eligible for reappointment. They shall serve until
their successors are appointed and qualified. A vacancy occurring other...
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16-46B-5
Section 16-46B-5 Computer science education task force. (a) The Governor shall establish
a computer science education task force to develop a state strategic plan for expanding computer
science education in the public schools in Alabama. (b) The membership of the task force shall
include all of the following: (1) One member of the House of Representatives, as appointed
by the Speaker of the House, and one member of the Senate, as appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. (2) A representative of the board, as appointed by the board. (3) The
state computer science specialist and two additional representatives of the department, as
appointed by the superintendent. (4) A representative of the Department of Early Childhood
Education, as appointed by the secretary. (5) A representative of the Alabama Community College
System, as appointed by the board of trustees of the system. (6) A representative of the Alabama
Workforce Council, as appointed by the council. (7) A...
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