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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making
authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format
may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which
choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable,
to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access
via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1.
b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital
content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional
materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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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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16-36-71
Section 16-36-71 Qualified depository for textbooks. (a) A qualified depository of textbooks
shall be responsible for receiving textbook orders from the State Board of Education or local
boards of education, storing sufficient quantities of textbooks, and distributing textbooks
in accordance with this article. (b) A qualified depository shall do all of the following:
(1) Have sufficient warehouse space to maintain sufficient stock. (2) Be located within the
state. (3) Have the financial capacity to provide steady and continuous operations upon which
the State Board of Education and local boards of education can rely. The financial capacity
may be maintained in a qualified depository or in another member of the same Alabama affiliated
group, as that term is defined in Section 40-18-39. (c) For the services provided herein,
a qualified depository may not charge the State Board of Education or a local board of education,
but rather shall sell the textbooks in accordance with the prices...
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21-2-2
Section 21-2-2 Purchasing reference for products or services provided by certain individuals
with disabilities. Whenever any of the products or services made, provided, or manufactured
by individuals with disabilities under the direction or supervision of the Department of Adult
Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind meet the requirements of any department,
institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by the state as to quality and quantity,
such products or services shall have preference, except over articles produced or manufactured
by convicts in Alabama employed in industries operated or supervised by the Department of
Corrections, and all departments, institutions, and agencies supported in whole or in part
by the state are directed to purchase the products or services from the Department of Adult
Blind and Deaf. All political subdivisions of the state are authorized to purchase articles
or services made, provided, or manufactured by individuals with...
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16-13-14
Section 16-13-14 Advancement of expenses of members and employees of county and city boards
of education; itemized statement of expenses to be presented and approved upon return of member
or employee. (a) City and county boards of education, the Department of Youth Services School
District and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind are hereby authorized to pay in advance
such reasonable sums as may be required for registration and travel expenses for their members
and employees to participate in approved meetings and conferences. No sum shall be advanced
from the treasury of any city or county board of education in this state for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of any member or employee of such board while traveling or remaining
beyond the limits of such board unless the same shall first be included in the budget of such
board or approved by a majority vote of the board, which said motion shall state the purpose
and object of such expenditure. (b) When any sum is advanced to a...
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16-25A-41
Section 16-25A-41 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD. The Public Education Flexible Employees
Benefit Board. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed by a state or local board of education, postsecondary
institution, or other employer with employees as defined by Sections 16-25A-1 and 16-25A-11
participating in a state health insurance program. (3) EMPLOYER. Any local board of education
within the State of Alabama or other public institution of education within the state that
provides instruction at any combination of grades K-14 exclusively, under the auspices of
the State Board of Education, or the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, or entities whose
employees are covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to
Section 16-25A-11. (4) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(5) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE. An employee who elects to participate in...
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16-6B-10
Section 16-6B-10 Budget requirements for Foundation and Vocational/Technical Education Program.
(a) Foundation Program. It is the intent of the Legislature to see that funds allocated for
classroom instructional support actually reach the classroom. To that end, the State Department
of Education shall monitor the flow of funds appropriated for various instructional purposes.
Classroom instructional support shall be defined as those funds appropriated for instructional
supplies, library enhancement, textbooks, technology and professional development. The Legislature
believes that the classroom instructional support funds have a direct impact upon the ability
of classroom teachers to have the resources and assistance necessary to assist them in the
performance of their responsibilities. School budgets for instructional supplies shall be
developed within each school as is required by Section 16-1-30 relating to the adoption of
school board policies. It is the intent of the Legislature...
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21-1-80
Section 21-1-80 Contracts for sale, etc., of tangible personal property or standing timber
of institute by public auction or sealed bid, advertisement of sale; manner of taking bids
and awarding contract. All contracts of whatever nature for the sale or disposal of tangible
personal property or standing timber owned by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall
be let by free and open competitive public auction or sealed bids by the Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind. Every proposal to make a sale covered by this article shall be advertised
for at least two weeks in advance of the date fixed for receiving the bids. Such advertisement
shall appear at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county where the sale is to be made, and a copy of such proposal shall simultaneously
be posted on a readily accessible public bulletin board at the main office of the president
of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind and a public bulletin...
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13A-10-1
Section 13A-10-1 Definitions. The following definitions apply in this article only unless the
context otherwise requires: (1) FIREMAN. Any officer of a fire department, a member of a volunteer
fire department, or any other person vested by law with the duty to extinguish fires. (2)
GOVERNMENT. The state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, including
public county and city boards of education, the youth services department district, the Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind, and all educational institutions under the auspices of the State
Board of Education. (3) GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION. Any activity which a public servant is legally
authorized to undertake on behalf of a government or the fire control activities of a member
of a volunteer fire department. (4) GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. Any record, paper, document, or thing
belonging to, or received or kept by, the government for information or record, or required
by law to be kept by others for information of the...
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21-1-11
Section 21-1-11 Attendance of blind, deaf, or mute children of mandatory age - Exemptions.
The following children, when issued a certificate of exemption by the county superintendent
of education, when the child resides in territory under the control of the county board of
education, or by the city superintendent, when the child resides in territory under a city
board of education, shall not be required to attend the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind:
(1) A child whose physical or mental condition is such as to render inadvisable his attendance
at the aforesaid school, such mental or physical condition to be determined by the county
health officer before the issuance of certificate of exemption; or (2) A child who may be
attending a public, private, denominational, or parochial school, within or without the State
of Alabama, in which competent teachers, certified in deaf education or in vision, are instructors
for the entire length of the school term in every scholastic year, the...
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