Title 16

(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 textbook…

(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 b…

(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 …

(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 Committe…

(a) The State Department of Education in conjunction with the state Purchasing Agent shall furnish contracts from which state-adopted textbooks for the pupils and teachers in classrooms and schools operated under the jurisdiction and supervision of the State Department of Educati…

(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 …

(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to negotiate with publishers of textbooks or authors of textbooks for the preparation and publication, or either, of special textbooks for use in the public schools of the state. If anyone undertakes the preparation of a sp…

(a) The local boards of education, county commissions, and municipal councils or other governing boards of a municipality may appropriate funds for the purpose of creating local revolving funds to be used in securing and distributing textbooks and for the purpose of contributing …

(a) All textbooks furnished free of charge to pupils shall be the property of the local board of education, as long as textbook funds are expended as prescribed by law. (b) When distributed to pupils the textbooks shall be retained for normal use only during the period they are e…

(a) The Legislature finds that textbooks and other instructional materials are among the basic tools of learning that must exist if Alabama students are to succeed. (b) All students in the public schools shall be provided with adequate and current textbooks and other necessary in…

(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 depos…

(a) There is hereby established a Digital Depository Study Commission which shall consist of 12 members to be appointed as follows: (1) Two members to be appointed by the Governor. (2) Two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one whom shall be a…

(a) In addition to the use of textbook materials review committees as provided in subsection (h) of Section 16-36-60, the State Superintendent of Education may convene educators and other experts for instructional materials review committees for the purpose of reviewing and ratin…

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “periodical” means any magazine, newspaper, or journal published at regular intervals. (b) The State Textbook Committee shall review all periodicals that are regularly used during classroom instruction in any public K-12 school. For purp…