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AL SB217
Bill
AI Summary
SB217 Summary
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Amends the State Textbook Committee composition to replace references to seven Congressional Districts with eight State Board of Education Districts as the geographic basis for member appointments.
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Requires publishers to provide evidence of standards correlation on forms supplied by the State Department of Education, listing all standards in the course of study and specific evidence of how standards are addressed in textbooks.
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Authorizes the State Superintendent of Education and State Board of Education to establish additional review criteria beyond correlation with courses of study and instructional planning and support.
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Increases the maximum number of days committee members can be paid per school year from 25 to 35 days.
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Makes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update code language, including changing "chairperson" to "chair" and updating references to affected institutions and departments.
Legislative Description
State Textbook Committee, publishers permitted to provide standards correlation evidence to State Dept. of Education, State Superintendent of Education to convene other instructional materials review committees to review and rate materials and to establish evaluation criteria, Sec. 16-36-73 added; Secs. 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.
State Textbook Committee
Last Action
Education Policy first Amendment Offered
4/1/2021