Code of Alabama
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.

Repealed by Act 98-320, ยง13 effective July 1, 1998.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 36 - Textbooks.

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.