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AL SB15
Bill
AI Summary
SB15 Summary
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Changes State Textbook Committee composition from 7 congressional districts to 8 State Board of Education districts, with one classroom teacher appointed from each district plus 4 at-large members and 9 members appointed by the Governor.
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Requires publishers to provide evidence of alignment correlation on state-provided forms showing how textbook content addresses course of study standards.
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Authorizes State Superintendent of Education and State Board of Education to establish additional review criteria and convene instructional materials review committees for reviewing and rating non-textbook instructional materials.
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Requires final textbook committee ratings and reviews to be made available to the public on the State Department of Education website.
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Amends competitive bidding exemptions to limit instructional materials purchases to those from "a current vetted and approved list published by the State Department of Education."
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. 16-13B-2, 16-36-60, 16-36-60.1, 16-36-65 am'd.
State Textbook Committee
Last Action
Assigned Act No. 2022-80.
3/3/2022