US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

Article 1 General Provisions.

• Section 16-36-1 — State Textbook Committee - Creation; duties generally.
• Section 16-36-2 — State Textbook Committee - Composition; appointment and terms of members; vacancies; qualifying affidavits of members.
• Section 16-36-3 — State Textbook Committee - Meetings; election of chairman and secretary; compensation and expenses of members.
• 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.
• Section 16-36-5 — Local textbook selection committee - Selection of textbooks; furnishing and disposition of samples; use of textbooks not on state list.
• Section 16-36-6 — Local textbook selection committee - Adoption to be for period of six years; limitation on textbook replacement; report of local superintendent.
• Section 16-36-7 — When textbooks considered or reconsidered for adoption; existing adoptions; when new adoptions to be used.
• Section 16-36-8 — Recommendations of State Textbook Committee.
• Section 16-36-9 — Adoption of textbooks to be made at public meeting; notice; minimum number of adoptions for each course.
• Section 16-36-10 — Adoption to be for period of six years; contract to exclude communist authors; expiration of contracts to be stabilized.
• Section 16-36-11 — Annual advertisement for sealed bids by State Board of Education; specimen copies to accompany bids; furnishing and disposition of sample books.
• Section 16-36-12 — Deposit required with bid; opening of bids.
• Section 16-36-13 — Maximum price for books; contract provisions as to price; forfeiture of contract and damages; action for losses.
• Section 16-36-14 — Authority of state board to contract for furnishing, storing or delivering textbooks.
• Section 16-36-15 — Issuance of state-wide purchase contracts; shipment of books by publisher.
• Section 16-36-16 — Contract provisions as to price of textbooks purchased with local funds, replacement of defective or substandard books and delivery.
• Section 16-36-17 — Books to be shipped upon purchase orders of local boards of education; preparation and mailing of bills.
• Section 16-36-18 — Approval of invoices by local superintendent of education; payment.
• Section 16-36-19 — Special textbooks.
• Section 16-36-20 — Local revolving funds; local appropriations.
• Section 16-36-21 — Failure of contractor to furnish books; dropping of textbook.
• Section 16-36-22 — Substitutions for state-adopted books in certain cities and counties.
• Section 16-36-23 — Department of Education and purchasing agent to furnish contracts from which state-owned textbooks can be purchased - Schools operated under Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
• Section 16-36-24 — Department of Education and purchasing agent to furnish contracts from which state-owned textbooks can be purchased - Schools operated under Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
• Section 16-36-25 — Department of Education and purchasing agent to furnish contracts from which state-owned textbooks can be purchased - Schools operated under Department of Youth Services.
• Section 16-36-29.1 — Adequate textbooks, support, facilities and supplies.
• Section 16-36-30 — Storage, distribution and exchange of textbooks; repair and fumigation of used textbooks.
• Section 16-36-31 — Record of textbooks delivered to local superintendents; audit of accounting books and records; certification of required inventory; furnishing of blanks and forms.
• Section 16-36-32 — Free textbooks to remain property of state or local school system; period of use by pupils; receipt required upon issuance; loss, abuse, etc., of textbooks.
• Section 16-36-34 — Duty of local superintendent of education to furnish estimates of textbooks needed, to provide for storage, etc., of books and to maintain inventory and records.
• Section 16-36-35 — Sale of textbooks to pupils; liability for loss, etc., of books.
• Section 16-36-36 — Interest in contracts, etc., prohibited; oath of members of boards of education.
• Section 16-36-37 — Use of other than contract books in public schools.
• Section 16-36-38 — Charging more than contract price for school books.
• Section 16-36-39 — Article not to be construed as appropriation of funds; administration of article subject to appropriations.

Article 2 Access of College Bookstore Retailers to Course Materials Information Provided to Institution-Affiliated Bookstores.

• Section 16-36-50 — Schools to develop course materials access plan for non-affiliated bookstores; requirements of plan.
• Section 16-36-51 — School faculty and departments to provide listing of requisite course materials.

Article 3 Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees.

• Section 16-36-60 — State Textbook Committee.
• Section 16-36-61 — Adoptions.
• Section 16-36-62 — Local textbook committee.
• Section 16-36-63 — Bids for statewide textbook contracts.
• Section 16-36-64 — Statewide textbook contracts.
• Section 16-36-65 — Use of statewide textbook contracts.
• Section 16-36-66 — Required affidavits for the State Board of Education and local boards of education.
• Section 16-36-67 — Special textbooks.
• Section 16-36-68 — Purchasing textbooks and accountability for textbooks.
• Section 16-36-69 — Use of textbooks.
• Section 16-36-70 — Adequate textbooks.