Alabama Code 45-42-102. Substitution of books or texts for state-approved or state-adopted textbooks
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-42-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
In Limestone County, the county board of education, upon recommendation of the county superintendent of education, may substitute other books or texts for use in the county schools under its jurisdiction for the textbooks on the list of state-approved or state-adopted textbooks prescribed by the State Board of Education. Whenever books or texts are substituted for the state-approved or state-adopted textbooks, the books or texts shall be used by the teachers in the county school system in teaching any course or courses for which a substitution has been made. The textbook shall be paid for with state funds in the same manner as textbooks are paid for in other local school systems which have substituted textbooks for local use.