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AL Code § 16-36-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 36 - Textbooks.|Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees.|Section 16-36-68 - Purchasing Textbooks and Accountability for Textbooks.

Section 16-36-68Purchasing textbooks and accountability for textbooks.  (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 to the expense of furnishing textbooks. These revolving funds shall be reimbursed from moneys received from sales of textbooks. (b) Local boards of education, county commissions, and other like governing bodies of the counties or municipalities may appropriate funds for the purpose of purchasing textbooks for free distribution or for rental to the patrons of its public schools under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the respective local boards of education. (c) All books contracted for shall be shipped upon purchase orders of the local boards of education. The publisher or publishing company shipping the books shall prepare triplicate invoices or bills for the books shipped. These invoices or bills shall be mailed to the local superintendent of education to whom the books are shipped. (d) The local superintendent of education, upon receipt of any shipment of books as provided herein, shall forthwith determine if the shipment is in accordance with the invoices or bills. Payment shall be made by the local board of education for such purchase and charged against the Foundation Program funds distributed to the local board of education for such purposes or other funds available to the local board of education for such purposes. (e) Each local board of education shall provide for the safe and dry storage and distribution of all new and used textbooks and, in the case of used textbooks, provide for the collection, storage, and maintenance, including necessary repairs, renovation, and fumigation. The local boards of education shall also provide for the repair of used textbooks and, in compliance with the advice of the State Board of Health, the occasion for and manner of fumigation of used textbooks so as to protect pupils from any diseases which may be transmitted through the reissue of such textbooks. (f) The local superintendent shall maintain at all times an accurate and up-to-date inventory and shall keep on file such accounting records as may be required or as necessary. (g) The state Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall make periodic audits of all accounting books and records pertaining to the textbooks which have been so furnished at state or local expense, requiring a complete accounting for all such textbooks as shown by the records. (Act 98-320, p. 544, §9.)
AL Code § 16-36-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 36 - Textbooks.|Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees.|Section 16-36-70 - Adequate Textbooks.

Section 16-36-70Adequate textbooks. (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 instructional supplies for use in their education. Textbooks and other supporting materials shall be appropriate for their course work and shall be in suitable condition. Where textbooks are issued pursuant to Section 16-36-69, every student shall have his or her own copy of the issued textbook of the correct edition, which he or she shall be permitted to take home each day for home study for the entire school year or for the portion of the year when the book is issued. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that it is the student's responsibility, as well as the student's parent or guardian, to care for the textbooks and instructional supplies provided by the state in a manner so that the materials are not damaged to the point of being unusable. (d) The State Department of Education has a continuing obligation to provide systems and schools with information about textbooks and other instructional materials, including computer software and technology-related materials. The State Textbook Committee shall ensure that textbooks recommended to the State Board of Education for approval support the appropriate course or courses of study. (e) Instructional supplies, including library books and media resources, science equipment, classroom furniture, audiovisual equipment, maps and globes, chalkboards, art and music supplies, and other educational materials shall be provided in all schools in adequate form and quantity. It shall not be necessary for teachers to make personal expenditures to provide the materials described in this section. (Act 98-320, p. 544, §11)
AL Code § 16-36-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 36 - Textbooks.|Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees.|Section 16-36-71 - Qualified Depository for Textbooks.

Section 16-36-71Qualified 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 prescribed in subsection (c) of Section 16-36-64. A qualified depository may negotiate contracts directly with publishers of textbooks to charge a fee to the publishers. (d) It shall be the responsibility of the publisher to ensure that a sufficient stock of textbooks is maintained at a qualified depository. Upon the failure of any publisher to carry a sufficient stock to meet all of the immediate demands of the State Board of Education and local boards of education as required by a contract made under this article, the contracting board of education may recover on the bond given by the publisher for the full value of the books not furnished as required by the contract and terminate the contract. (Act 2015-386, §2.)
AL Code § 16-36-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 36 - Textbooks.|Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees.|Section 16-36-72 - Digital Depository Study Commission.

Section 16-36-72Digital Depository Study Commission.  (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 representative of a qualified depository. (3) One member to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (4) One member to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. (5) Two members to be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. (6) One member to be appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama Association of School Business Officials or his or her designee. (7) One member to be appointed by the Executive Director of the School Superintendents of Alabama or his or her designee. (8) One member to be appointed by the Executive Director of the Alabama Association of Schools Boards or his or her designee. (9) One member to be appointed by the President of the Association of American Publishers or his or her designee. (b) The commission shall meet at least four times prior to the start of the 2016 Regular Session to examine the application of a depository to digital material. The commission shall present to the Legislature a report that proposes a plan to make changes to this section and Sections 16-36-62, 16-36-64, 16-36-65, 16-36-60.1, and 16-36-71 if necessary. (Act 2015-386, §3.)
AL Code § 16-39-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-1 - Short Title.

Section 16-39-1Short title. This chapter may be referred to as the "Alabama Exceptional Child Education Act." (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §13.)
AL Code § 16-39-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-3 - Education Required for Exceptional Children; Source of Funds.

Section 16-39-3Education required for exceptional children; source of funds. Each school board shall provide not less than 12 consecutive years of appropriate instruction and special services for exceptional children, beginning with those six years of age, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such public school instruction and special services shall be made available at public expense for each school year to exceptional children as provided herein. The funds for such instruction and special services shall be derived from state, county, municipal, district, federal or other sources or combinations of sources. Each school board shall set aside from its revenues from all such sources such amounts as are needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter, if such funds are available without impairment of regular classes and services provided for nonexceptional children. If sufficient funds are not available to a school board to provide fully for all the provisions of this chapter as well as the educational needs of nonexceptional children, such board must prorate all funds on a per capita basis between exceptional and nonexceptional children. No matriculation or tuition fees or other fees or charges shall be required or asked of exceptional children or their parents or guardians, except such fees or charges as may be charged uniformly of all public school pupils. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §3.)
AL Code § 16-39-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-5 - Responsibilities of State Board of Education.

Section 16-39-5Responsibilities of State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall adopt regulations covering: (1) The qualifications of specialists for each type of exceptionality and standards for certification of exceptional children; (2) Minimum standards of instruction and special services to be provided for each type of exceptionality at each age or grade level; (3) Reasonable qualifications for teachers, instructors, therapists and other personnel needed to work with exceptional children; (4) Guidelines for suitable five-year incremental plans for implementation of the program set forth in this chapter for various types of typical situations likely to be encountered by school boards in the State of Alabama; and (5) Such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Said regulations may be amended from time to time, said amended regulations to be effective 90 days after written notice of said amendments has been transmitted to each school board in the State of Alabama. The State Board of Education shall receive, review and approve or disapprove plans submitted by school boards hereunder and shall consult and advise with school boards whose plans are disapproved; provided, that disapproval of a plan or any amendments thereto shall be only because of failure of the plan to meet minimum standards set out in regulations of the state board adopted in accordance with this section, and any such disapproval must specify in detail the reasons for such disapproval. If an approval cannot be worked out satisfactorily, the State Board of Education shall provide a plan which shall be binding on the school board unless its enforcement is restrained as provided in Section 16-39-4. The State Board of Education shall have the primary responsibility for enforcing compliance with such plans and with compliance of school boards with its regulations and the requirements of this chapter. If any local board fails or refuses to implement the plan provided for under this chapter, the Attorney General shall, upon request of the State Board of Education or upon the request of any private citizen, bring civil injunctive actions to enforce the implementation of such plan. If the state board fails or refuses to carry out any duties required of it by this chapter, the Attorney General shall, upon the request of any private citizen, bring civil actions in Montgomery County to require that such duties be performed. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §5.)
AL Code § 16-39-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-8 - Classification of Child; Placement; Record of Case History.

Section 16-39-8Classification of child; placement; record of case history. No child shall be given special services under the terms of this chapter as an exceptional child until he is properly classified as an exceptional child; provided, that the child's parent or guardian shall be informed of the reasons for such classification. A copy of the report certifying to the child's type of exceptionality shall be kept on file in the office of the principal of the school in which the child is enrolled and at such other places as may be prescribed by regulations of the State Board of Education. In providing for the instruction of exceptional children, the school boards shall utilize regular school facilities and adapt them to the needs of exceptional children, except as otherwise provided herein. No exceptional child shall be segregated and taught apart from other nonexceptional children until a careful study of the child's case has been made and evidence obtained which indicates that such segregation would be for the exceptional child's benefit or is necessary because of difficulties involved in teaching the child in a regular school program. Appropriate placement shall be made on the basis of the placement committee recommendation wherever this is practicable. The principal of the school in which an exceptional child is taught shall keep a written record of the case history of each exceptional child, showing the reason for any withdrawal of such exceptional child from the regular school program in the public school and his enrollment in or withdrawal from a special school program for exceptional children. Such confidential record shall be available for inspection by appropriate school officials and appropriate faculty at any time with the consent of the school principal. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §8.)
AL Code § 16-39-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-9 - Reports on Exceptional Children.

Section 16-39-9Reports on exceptional children. The Alabama Boys Industrial School, Alabama State Training School for Girls, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Alabama state Department of Mental Health, State Crippled Children's Service, the State Board of Health and the Department of Human Resources shall direct their field workers to review their case records on or before March 31 of each year and to report to the superintendent of each school board the names and other pertinent information for all persons who might, if certified by a specialist, be exceptional children in the school district and whose conditions in their opinion might require special education services. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §9.)
AL Code § 16-39-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-10 - Textbooks, Equipment, etc., for Vision or Hearing Impaired and Those Having Other Special Learning Disabilities.

Section 16-39-10Textbooks, equipment, etc., for vision or hearing impaired and those having other special learning disabilities. The local superintendents of education are authorized to purchase and arrange for distribution among schools previously adopted textbooks, equipment and materials which are prepared in various resource and media centers for the use of vision and hearing impaired children and those having other special learning disabilities enrolled in the public schools in Alabama or whose tuition and expenses at other schools are being paid by a local board of education under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §10; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §48.)
AL Code § 16-39-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-11 - Transportation.

Section 16-39-11Transportation. When authorized by regulations of the State Board of Education in lieu of the amount calculated on the basis of average daily membership otherwise authorized by law, there shall be allowed from the Education Trust Fund appropriation for transportation for each bus used exclusively for the purpose of transporting eight or more pupils classified as exceptional children who are unable to ride regular school buses 80 percent of the cost of such transportation, and a proportionate amount shall be allowed for a vehicle used exclusively for the transportation of a smaller number of exceptional children in average daily membership as prescribed by regulations of the State Board of Education. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §11; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §49.)
AL Code § 16-39-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-39-12 - Scholarships for Special Teachers.

Section 16-39-12Scholarships for special teachers. The State Board of Education is authorized to make training grants to professional personnel who seek special training in exceptional child education to qualify said personnel to meet professional requirements set forth in said state board's regulations and shall be responsible for the administration of said program. Such grants are limited to personnel who are under contract to work in the exceptional child program in this state, the training schools, the child training centers and at the various residential facilities for exceptional children throughout the state for such contractual periods as the State Board of Education may by regulation specify and to regular students who plan to work in the exceptional child program in this state and who sign a commitment satisfactory to the State Board of Education that they will take an appropriate available job at any location within the State of Alabama upon graduation or completion of their studies. Such commitments shall be binding upon those who sign them and receive scholarship aid, but the State Board of Education may waive the enforceability thereof in the event of extreme and unforeseen hardship. Each grant shall cover the cost of tuition, housing and food, from a minimum dollar amount for residence enrollment in specific courses approved by the state superintendent under the regulations of the State Board of Education. Said courses for which scholarships may be made available are those offered on the campuses of the institutions of higher learning in this state, except where necessary courses are not offered in this state. Where courses are not offered in this state in the areas requiring certification in exceptional child education, the recipient may receive said grant for attending an out-of-state institution of higher learning approved by the State Board of Education to meet the professional requirements of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §12.)
AL Code § 16-39-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 2 - Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.|Section 16-39-30 - Establishment of Fund; Department of Education to Administer.

Section 16-39-30Establishment of fund; Department of Education to administer. There is hereby established the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education to be titled the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education Act, to be administered by the State Department of Education for the purpose of assisting local education agencies providing special education and related services for children with disabilities in catastrophic cases. (Acts 1991, No. 91-594, p. 1097, §1.)
AL Code § 16-39-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 2 - Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.|Section 16-39-31 - Definitions.

Section 16-39-31Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following interpretations: (1) SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. Services relating to instruction of exceptional children with disabilities. (2) EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. Those children and youth with disabilities determined eligible for special education and related services under existing federal and state laws, rules, regulations and policies governing special education. (3) CATASTROPHIC. Those cases where special education and related services which are required for a particular child are unduly expensive, extraordinary and/or beyond the routine and reasonable special education and related services provided by the local education agency. (4) LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY. A county or city school district in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1991, No. 91-594, p. 1097, §2.)
AL Code § 16-39-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 2 - Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.|Section 16-39-32 - Use of Funds.

Section 16-39-32Use of funds. All funds appropriated as a result of this article and funds obtained through donations, bequests, other forms of financial assistance, and accrued interest in the investment of all funds that are to be used to fund services for exceptional children with disabilities. All unencumbered funds remaining in the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education at the end of each fiscal year shall carry-over to the next succeeding fiscal year for use in the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education. (Acts 1991, No. 91-594, p. 1097, §3.)
AL Code § 16-39-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 2 - Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.|Section 16-39-33 - Rules and Regulations; Request for Funding.

Section 16-39-33Rules and regulations; request for funding. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the total operation of the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education and shall request funding for the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education. (Acts 1991, No. 91-594, p. 1097, §4.)
AL Code § 16-39-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 39 - Education of Exceptional Children.|Article 2 - Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education.|Section 16-39-34 - Annual Report on Status of Fund.

Section 16-39-34Annual report on status of fund. The State Superintendent of Education shall provide an annual report on the status of the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education to the State Board of Education, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the chairman of the Senate and House Education Committee. The report shall be submitted no later than the tenth legislative day of each regular session of the Alabama Legislature. (Acts 1991, No. 91-594, p. 1097, §5.)