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
Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary to the Interstate Commission, but shall not be a Member of the Interstate Commission. The executive director shall hire and supervise such other persons as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission. D. The Interstate Commission's executive director and its employees shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising out of or relating to an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of Interstate Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that such person shall not be protected from suit or liability for damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of such person. 1. The liability 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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