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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16-36-60
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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16-36-64
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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16-36-61
Section 16-36-61 Adoptions. (a) Based upon the recommendations of the State Textbook
Committee, the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks from which local boards of education
may adopt for use in their systems. Local boards of education shall not adopt textbooks nor
expend public funds for textbooks that have been rejected by the State Board of Education,
except for the length of an existing local contract approved by the state superintendent.
Members of any local board found doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500) and also may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for a term
not exceeding six months. (b) The State Board of Education shall divide the subjects of study
in the public schools so that all textbooks on a given subject for grades kindergarten through
12 shall be considered for adoption in one year. New adoptions made during any year shall
not be used in the public schools until the next ensuing scholastic...
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16-36-63
Section 16-36-63 Bids for statewide textbook contracts. (a) Each year, before the organizational
meeting of the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education, through the State Superintendent
of Education, shall advertise in such manner and for such length of time and at such places
as considered advisable, that at a certain time and place determined by the State Board of
Education sealed bids or proposals shall be received from publishers for furnishing school
textbooks. Publishers and individuals may request an invitation to bid by writing the State
Superintendent of Education. The State Board of Education may include additional regulations
in the bid form that the State Board of Education deems best for the administration of this
article. Any regulations included in the bid forms and accepted by the publisher shall be
construed as a part of this article. The bids or proposals for each book shall be based upon
a contract period determined by the State Superintendent of...
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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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16-36-4
Section 16-36-4 Local textbook selection committee - Appointment; filing of school board
policies and names of members with State Superintendent of Education; affidavit and terms
of members. Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess.,
No. 221, p. 288, §9.)...
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16-36-66
Section 16-36-66 Required affidavits for the State Board of Education and local boards
of education. (a) The State Superintendent of Education, members of the State Board of Education,
local superintendents of education, and members of local boards of education shall not do
any of the following: (1) Possess an interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract that
might be made pursuant to this article for the purchase of textbooks by the state or local
boards of education. (2) Possess any interest as an author, an associate author, a publisher,
a representative or agent of an author or of a publisher of any textbook. (3) Possess any
pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in the business or profits of any person, firm
or corporation engaged in manufacturing, publishing, or selling of textbooks. (4) Accept any
emolument, promise of future reward or consideration of value of any kind from any publisher
of textbooks or his or her agent. (b) Each member of the State Board of Education...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section,
classroom instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided
in the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections
16-6B-10 and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials,
professional development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional
support approved by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program
for library enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common
purchases shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media
specialists shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures
for ordering, and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as
follows: (1) BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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16-26A-4
Section 16-26A-4 Board of directors generally. (a) There is hereby created a board of
directors for the school, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "board." The
board shall be composed of 21 members as follows: (1) The State Department of Education assistant
state superintendent in charge of curriculum development, or his or her designee. (2) The
Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, or his or her designee. (3) The President
of Auburn University, or his or her designee. (4) The President of the University of South
Alabama, or his or her designee. (5) The President of Alabama A&M University, or his or
her designee. (6) The Chair of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science Foundation.
(7) The Chair of the House Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (8) The
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (9) The Chair
of the House Standing Committee on Ways and Means Education, or his or her designee. (10)
The Chair...
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