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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