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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-10 - Adoption to Be for Period of Six Years; Contract to Exclude Communist Authors; Expiration of Contracts to Be Stabilized.

Section 16-36-10
Adoption to be for period of six years; contract to exclude communist authors; expiration of contracts to be stabilized.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §8; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-11
Annual advertisement for sealed bids by State Board of Education; specimen copies to accompany bids; furnishing and disposition of sample books.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-12 - Deposit Required With Bid; Opening of Bids.

Section 16-36-12
Deposit required with bid; opening of bids.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1945, No. 412, p. 647, §4; Acts 1959, No. 581, p. 1458; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-13 - Maximum Price for Books; Contract Provisions as to Price; Forfeiture of Contract and Damages; Action for Losses.

Section 16-36-13
Maximum price for books; contract provisions as to price; forfeiture of contract and damages; action for losses.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §13; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-14 - Authority of State Board to Contract for Furnishing, Storing or Delivering Textbooks.

Section 16-36-14
Authority of state board to contract for furnishing, storing or delivering textbooks.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-15 - Issuance of State-Wide Purchase Contracts; Shipment of Books by Publisher.

Section 16-36-15
Issuance of state-wide purchase contracts; shipment of books by publisher.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §15; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-16 - Contract Provisions as to Price of Textbooks Purchased With Local Funds, Replacement of Defective or Substandard Books and Delivery.

Section 16-36-16
Contract provisions as to price of textbooks purchased with local funds, replacement of defective or substandard books and delivery.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §16; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-17 - Books to Be Shipped Upon Purchase Orders of Local Boards of Education; Preparation and Mailing of Bills.

Section 16-36-17
Books to be shipped upon purchase orders of local boards of education; preparation and mailing of bills.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §17; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §38.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-18 - Approval of Invoices by Local Superintendent of Education; Payment.

Section 16-36-18
Approval of invoices by local superintendent of education; payment.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §22; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-19 - Special Textbooks.

Section 16-36-19
Special textbooks.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1945, No. 412, p. 647, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-20 - Local Revolving Funds; Local Appropriations.

Section 16-36-20
Local revolving funds; local appropriations.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1945, No. 412, p. 647, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-21 - Failure of Contractor to Furnish Books; Dropping of Textbook.

Section 16-36-21
Failure of contractor to furnish books; dropping of textbook.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1945, No. 412, p. 647, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-22 - Substitutions for State-Adopted Books in Certain Cities and Counties.

Section 16-36-22
Substitutions for state-adopted books in certain cities and counties.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1945, No. 412, p. 647, §12; Acts 1961, No. 724, p. 1040; Acts 1961, No. 932, p. 1498; Acts 1971, No. 1672, p. 2820.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-23
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.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1959, No. 423, p. 1115; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-24
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.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 84, p. 115; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-25
Department of Education and purchasing agent to furnish contracts from which state-owned textbooks can be purchased - Schools operated under Department of Youth Services.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1969, No. 1142, p. 2137; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-29.1 - Adequate Textbooks, Support, Facilities and Supplies.

Section 16-36-29.1
Adequate textbooks, support, facilities and supplies.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-823, p. 144, §2; Acts 1997, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 97-934, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-30 - Storage, Distribution and Exchange of Textbooks; Repair and Fumigation of Used Textbooks.

Section 16-36-30
Storage, distribution and exchange of textbooks; repair and fumigation of used textbooks.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-31
Record of textbooks delivered to local superintendents; audit of accounting books and records; certification of required inventory; furnishing of blanks and forms.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §24; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-32
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.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §25; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §44.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › 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 16-36-34
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.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-35 - Sale of Textbooks to Pupils; Liability for Loss, etc., of Books.

Section 16-36-35
Sale of textbooks to pupils; liability for loss, etc., of books.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §28; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §45.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-36 - Interest in Contracts, etc., Prohibited; Oath of Members of Boards of Education.

Section 16-36-36
Interest in contracts, etc., prohibited; oath of members of boards of education.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §29; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §46.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-37 - Use of Other Than Contract Books in Public Schools.

Section 16-36-37
Use of other than contract books in public schools.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Code 1907, §7751; Code 1923, §5465; Code 1940, T. 52, §615.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-38 - Charging More Than Contract Price for School Books.

Section 16-36-38
Charging more than contract price for school books.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Code 1907, §7752; Code 1923, §5466; Code 1940, T. 52, §616.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 16-36-39 - Article Not to Be Construed as Appropriation of Funds; Administration of Article Subject to Appropriations.

Section 16-36-39
Article not to be construed as appropriation of funds; administration of article subject to appropriations.
Repealed by Act 98-320, §13 effective July 1, 1998.
(Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 288, §21; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › 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 16-36-50
Schools to develop course materials access plan for non-affiliated bookstores; requirements of plan.
(a) Not later than July 15, 1993, all two-and four-year state institutions of higher education and all state vocational and technical colleges shall, with the input and representation from college bookstore retailers, develop, publish, and implement a plan to ensure that all established college bookstore retailers located in the municipality in which the institution or college is located, shall be provided the same information concerning required and optional textbooks, required academic learning materials, and required custom publications that is provided to any bookstore owned or authorized by the institution.
(b) The plan developed by each institution or college having a bookstore owned or authorized by the institution or college shall:
(1) Ensure that any established college bookstore retailers having retail outlets in the municipality be informed of the method by which they may obtain required and optional textbooks and required academic learning materials. The information shall be provided, upon request, at a central location.
(2) Ensure that textbook information be made available to the college bookstore retailers by a procedure that attempts to give the information to the bookstores owned or authorized by the institutions and colleges and the college bookstore retailers at approximately the same time, but under no circumstances later than two business days after the time it is provided to the bookstores authorized or operated by colleges or institutions.
(3) Ensure that faculty members of the institution or college provide all information necessary in reproducing customized publications for classroom use. This information shall be provided in bibliographic form that shall include, but not be limited to, the author, title, publisher, editor, ISBN number, if known, and inclusive pages to be reproduced. This custom published biographical information shall be provided in the same manner as textbook information is provided at each institution. College bookstore retailers may purchase and resell course-related publications that are published by the institution or college at a discount if a margin is added to the publication, or at cost if not added to the publication, only if the institution's or college's copyright agreement legally covers such a sale.
(4) Create a grievance committee composed of two persons designated by the president of the institution or college and one person designated by the chair of the local chamber of commerce to hear complaints from the college bookstore retailers concerning the implementation of the plan.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-331, p. 503, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 2 - Access of College Bookstore Retailers to Course Materials Information Provided to Institution-Affiliated Bookstores. › Section 16-36-51 - School Faculty and Departments to Provide Listing of Requisite Course Materials.

Section 16-36-51
School faculty and departments to provide listing of requisite course materials.
To facilitate this article, all faculty members and academic departments shall provide through the established means of the institution or college a written listing of all required and optional textbooks, required academic learning materials, and custom publications for all courses taught.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-331, p. 503, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-60.1 - Definitions.

Section 16-36-60.1
Definitions.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-80 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. Educational resources that provide curriculum and instructional experiences for public school students. The term includes any instructional and related or supportive material, including materials using advanced learning technology, in any area that is designed to strengthen the academic foundation.
(2) QUALIFIED DEPOSITORY FOR TEXTBOOKS or QUALIFIED DEPOSITORY. A facility in the state responsible for receiving orders for, storing of, and distribution of textbooks pursuant to Section 16-36-71.
(3) TEXTBOOK. Includes digital textbooks, as defined in Section 16-16B-2. Digital textbooks shall be recommended, adopted, and purchased in the same manner as provided for textbooks under this article.
(Act 2015-386, §2; Act 2022-80, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-61 - Adoptions.

Section 16-36-61
Adoptions.
(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 textbooks that have been rejected by the State Board of Education, except for the length of an existing local contract approved by the state superintendent. Members of any local board found doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and also may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding six months.
(b) The State Board of Education shall divide the subjects of study in the public schools so that all textbooks on a given subject for grades kindergarten through 12 shall be considered for adoption in one year. New adoptions made during any year shall not be used in the public schools until the next ensuing scholastic year.
(c) The adoption schedule for each subject area shall be determined by the State Superintendent of Education based on the courses of study development schedule, knowledge-base changes, financial considerations, the need for staggered adoption schedules, needs expressed by the local superintendents, contract expiration dates, and other factors deemed appropriate by the State Superintendent of Education.
(d) Prior to adoptions by the State Board of Education, members of the public shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time to be heard concerning any book recommended for adoption or rejection. Adoption or rejection, or both, of textbooks shall be made only at a public meeting of the State Board of Education. Notice of the time and place of the meeting of the State Board of Education to consider adoptions or rejections, or both, shall be given for at least 30 days, by notice to news media and by posting a notice on a bulletin board or in some other conspicuous place in the offices or public rooms of the State Department of Education.
(Act 98-320, p. 544, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-63 - Bids for Statewide Textbook Contracts.

Section 16-36-63
Bids for statewide textbook contracts.
(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 time and place determined by the State Board of Education sealed bids or proposals shall be received from publishers for furnishing school textbooks. Publishers and individuals may request an invitation to bid by writing the State Superintendent of Education. The State Board of Education may include additional regulations in the bid form that the State Board of Education deems best for the administration of this article. Any regulations included in the bid forms and accepted by the publisher shall be construed as a part of this article. The bids or proposals for each book shall be based upon a contract period determined by the State Superintendent of Education and shall be accompanied by a specimen copy of each book proposed to be furnished.
(b) Each publisher who makes a bid or proposal to furnish school textbooks shall be required to deposit with the State Treasurer a sum of money in an amount required by the State Board of Education, but not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), according to the number of books the bidder proposes to supply. If the bidder making the deposit shall fail or refuse to make and execute the contract and required bond, the sum shall be forfeited absolutely to the State Board of Education for the use of the State Board of Education for purposes enumerated in this article. The time within which the contract and bond shall be executed shall be stated in the advertisement inviting bids or proposals. All bids shall be sealed and deposited with the State Superintendent of Education to be opened at a time designated by the superintendent, provided bidders have been given reasonable notice in advance.
(c) Publishers shall furnish samples of each textbook submitted for adoption to each member of the State Textbook Committee in order that each member may also seek evaluations from others. All samples of books not adopted by the State Board of Education shall be returned to the publishers at the expense of the publishers, and those adopted shall become the property of the State Department of Education. If the publisher fails to reclaim a sample book within 90 days, the sample book shall become the property of the State Department of Education.
(Act 98-320, p. 544, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-65 - Use of Statewide Textbook Contracts.

Section 16-36-65
Use of statewide textbook contracts.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-80 IN THE 2022 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(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 Education may be purchased. These purchases shall be made from appropriations to the State Department of Education. The State Board of Education may make and enforce rules for the proper care and accounting for such textbooks.
(b) 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 of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind may be purchased. These purchases shall be made from appropriations to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. The State Board of Education may make and enforce rules for the proper care and accounting for these textbooks and shall not be required to purchase and furnish special books or materials for the deaf and blind.
(c) 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 by the Department of Youth Services may be purchased. The cost of the textbooks provided herein shall be paid from appropriations to the Department of Youth Services. The State Board of Education may make and enforce regulations for the proper care and accounting for these textbooks and shall not be required to purchase and furnish any special books or materials under this section.
(d) The State Board of Education shall have no power or authority to enter into any contract or arrangement for furnishing textbooks or providing a depository for textbooks or delivering textbooks, but shall have the power and authority to enter into any contract or arrangement requiring the use of a qualified depository for textbooks.
(e) Subject to appropriations from the Legislature, the State Board of Education may pay a portion of a negotiated textbook price in any contract with a publisher or a qualified depository pursuant to this article or grant additional textbook funds to local boards of education who purchase high quality textbooks, as determined by the State Board of Education.
(Act 98-320, p. 544, §6; Act 2015-386, §1; Act 2022-80, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-66 - Required Affidavits for the State Board of Education and Local Boards of Education.

Section 16-36-66
Required affidavits for the State Board of Education and local boards of education.
(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 pursuant to this article for the purchase of textbooks by the state or local boards of education.
(2) Possess any interest as an author, an associate author, a publisher, a representative or agent of an author or of a publisher of any textbook.
(3) Possess any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in the business or profits of any person, firm or corporation engaged in manufacturing, publishing, or selling of textbooks.
(4) Accept any emolument, promise of future reward or consideration of value of any kind from any publisher of textbooks or his or her agent.
(b) Each member of the State Board of Education and each member of all local boards of education shall prepare an affidavit as required by Section 16-36-62 in the case of members of local textbook committees.
(c) Any violation of this section shall be unlawful. Upon conviction of such a violation, the person shall be subject to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or five years in the state penitentiary, or both, and his or her office as a superintendent, or as a member of the State Board of Education or member of a local board of education shall be forfeited.
(Act 98-320, p. 544, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 36 - Textbooks. › Article 3 - Textbooks for Public Schools; State and Local Textbook Committees. › Section 16-36-67 - Special Textbooks.

Section 16-36-67
Special textbooks.
(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 special textbook for the purpose of making the textbook more suitable and desirable for use in the public schools of the state, the State Superintendent of Education shall submit the specially prepared textbook or specially arranged textbook to the State Textbook Committee for its findings and ratings as to its desirability and suitability for the purposes offered and these findings and ratings shall be certified to the State Board of Education for its consideration.
(b) If the State Board of Education is unable to obtain what it considers a desirable contract for a special textbook on any particular subject with publishers whose books have been given its approval, the State Board of Education may require the State Superintendent of Education to negotiate with publishers or persons to secure the preparation of a special textbook on the subject or to secure the submission of other texts on the subject for consideration by the State Textbook Committee. The State Board of Education may take other proper action to secure an advantageous contract in behalf of the patrons of the public schools of the state. No special textbook shall be adopted by the board of education unless the textbook has been considered for the purposes for which it was intended to be used by the State Textbook Committee.
(Act 98-320, p. 544, §8.)
2023 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 16-36-68
Purchasing 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.)
2023 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 16-36-70
Adequate 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)
2023 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 16-36-71
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 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.)
2023 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 16-36-72
Digital 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-1 - Acceptance of Provisions of Federal Act.

Section 16-37-1
Acceptance of provisions of federal act.
The State of Alabama hereby accepts all of the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the United States Congress entitled "an act to provide for the promotion of vocational education, to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of vocational education, to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries, to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditure," (20 U.S.C.A., §§11 through 28) approved February 23, 1917.
(School Code 1927, §403; Code 1940, T. 52, §381.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-2 - Treasurer Custodian of Federal Funds; Disbursement of State Money.

Section 16-37-2
Treasurer custodian of federal funds; disbursement of state money.
The Treasurer is hereby designated and appointed custodian of all moneys received by the state from the appropriations made by the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1, and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same and to make disbursements thereof in the manner provided in the act and for the purpose therein specified. He shall also pay out any moneys appropriated by the State of Alabama for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter upon the order of the State Board of Education.
(School Code 1927, §404; Code 1940, T. 52, §382.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-3 - Superintendent in Charge of Vocational Education.

Section 16-37-3
Superintendent in charge of vocational education.
The State Superintendent of Education shall designate, by and with the advice and consent of the State Board of Education, such assistants as may be necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter. The State Superintendent of Education shall also carry into effect such rules and regulations as the State Board of Education may adopt and shall prepare such reports concerning the condition of vocational education in the state as the State Board of Education may require.
(School Code 1927, §405; Code 1940, T. 52, §383.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-4 - Authority of State Board as to Vocational Education.

Section 16-37-4
Authority of state board as to vocational education.
The State Board of Education shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the administration of the act of Congress accepted in Section 16-37-1; to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the State of Alabama and to administer the funds provided by the federal government and the State of Alabama, under the provisions of this chapter, for the promotion of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial subjects and home economics subjects. It shall have full authority to formulate plans for the promotion of vocational education in such subjects as an essential and integral part of the public school system of education in the State of Alabama and to provide for the preparation of teachers of such subjects. It shall have authority to fix the compensation of such officials and assistants as may be necessary to administer the federal act and this chapter for the State of Alabama, and to pay such compensation and other necessary expenses of administration from funds appropriated in this chapter. It shall have authority to make studies and investigations relating to vocational education in such subjects; to promote and aid in the establishment by local communities of schools, departments or classes giving training in such subjects; to cooperate with local communities in the maintenance of such schools, departments or classes; to prescribe qualifications for the teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects, and to have full authority to provide for the certification of such teachers, directors and supervisors; to cooperate in the maintenance of classes supported and controlled by the public for the preparation of teachers, directors and supervisors of such subjects or to maintain such classes under its own direction and control; to establish and determine by general regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of vocational teachers.
(School Code 1927, §406; Code 1940, T. 52, §384.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-5 - City and County Boards May Cooperate With State Board.

Section 16-37-5
City and county boards may cooperate with state board.
The board of education of any county or of any city having a city board of education may cooperate with the State Board of Education in the establishment of vocational schools or classes giving instructions in agricultural subjects, in trade or industrial subjects or in home economics subjects and may use any moneys raised by public taxation in the same manner as moneys for other school purposes are used for the maintenance and support of public schools.
(School Code 1927, §407; Code 1940, T. 52, §385.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-6 - Annual Report to Governor.

Section 16-37-6
Annual report to Governor.
The State Board of Education in its annual report to the Governor shall set forth the condition of vocational education in the State of Alabama, a list of the schools to which federal and state aid has been given and a detailed statement of the expenditures of federal and the state funds provided for the purposes of this chapter.
(School Code 1927, §410; Code 1940, T. 52, §387.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-7 - County May Make Appropriation for Smith-Hughes Type of Vocational Training.

Section 16-37-7
County may make appropriation for Smith-Hughes type of vocational training.
(a) County commissions of counties of Alabama are hereby authorized to make appropriations to county boards of education to be used in providing classrooms, laboratories and shops for use in teaching vocational subjects and for maintaining such vocational departments after they have been established; provided, that such appropriations may only be made for use in any school or schools duly recognized by the State Board of Education as centers for vocational instruction of the Smith-Hughes type, and on account of which reimbursement is being made or is to be made during the next fiscal school year following the first payment of county funds appropriated for such purposes.
(b) Funds so appropriated shall be paid to the county custodian of public school funds by the county treasurer on authorization of the county commission. The county custodian of public school funds shall pay out such funds on authorization of the county board of education.
(School Code 1927, §§411, 412; Code 1940, T. 52, §§388, 389.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-8 - City and County Boards of Education Authorized to Operate Jointly Vocational High Schools.

Section 16-37-8
City and county boards of education authorized to operate jointly vocational high schools.
(a) In order to further develop the human and natural resources of this state and to correlate and make available information and training in local communities for instruction in such subjects as mechanics, home economics, industrial, livestock, poultry, horticulture, farming and dairying, and to provide exhibits of an educational and cultural nature, and to provide for lectures, extension courses from the state universities and colleges or other sources, the various city or counties or cities and county boards of education are hereby authorized to create vocational high schools.
(b) Any city or county board of education, or any combinations of city or county boards of education are hereby authorized by agreement to jointly or severally contract for the erection, maintenance and operation of vocational high schools and to contract for the construction by each for such sums as said boards may agree for said erection, maintenance and operation. Any such contracts shall be subject to approval by the State Board of Education.
(c) The governing body of any city or county shall have the authority to contribute to the erection, maintenance and operation of any vocational high school created under the provisions of this section.
(d) The governing body of any such school shall be authorized to receive any gift or donation or any appropriation from any source, including federal, state, county or municipality, and to comply with the provisions of any federal or state law, rule or regulation in order to receive funds therefrom, and to contract or comply with any such law, rule or regulation in order to be entitled to receive any such funds.
(e) No tuition shall be charged to resident pupils of the areas of the cooperating boards of education.
(f) The agreement providing for the erection, maintenance and operation of any such vocational high school shall provide for a staff, together with provisions for its appointment, removal and its powers, duties and authority; provided, that the same shall not conflict with the provisions hereof, or with the laws regulating the operation of public schools in the State of Alabama. The said agreement shall also provide for an advisory board, composed of one or more members of each cooperating board of education selected by that board, together with its powers and duties.
(Acts 1945, No. 241, p. 359, §§ 1-6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 37 - Vocational Education. › Section 16-37-9 - Use of Facilities for Career Technical Classes.

Section 16-37-9
Use of facilities for career technical classes.
(a) Any provision of the State Building Code, as adopted by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance, or other applicable state or local building code to the contrary notwithstanding, a local board of education may use any available facility for conducting career technical classes upon a finding by the board that the available facility is better suited for career technical classroom instruction than the facilities then being used.
(b) A determination of whether an available facility is better suited for career technical classroom instruction shall be based on the type of instruction to be provided and not whether the available facility has air conditioning.
(Act 2019-524, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 38 - Rehabilitation and Crippled Children Service. › Section 16-38-1 - Acceptance of Provisions of Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act.

Section 16-38-1
Acceptance of provisions of federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act.
The State of Alabama hereby accepts all of the provisions and benefits of an act passed by the United States Congress, entitled "an act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment" (29 U.S.C.A., §§31 through 41).
(School Code 1927, §413; Code 1940, T. 52, §390.)