WHEREAS, the Alabama State Textbook Law, Ala. Code §16-36-9 (1975), as amended, provides for the adoption of textbooks by the State Board of Education, the same to be adopted from recommendations made by the State Textbook Committee; and
 
WHEREAS, the State Textbook Committee has made its recommendations in keeping with said law, Ala. Code §16-36-8 (1975), as amended; and
 
WHEREAS, the State Textbook Committee has worked long and hard hours in making such recommendations:
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education extends thanks to the State Textbook Committee and to all those who have worked to prepare the attached recommendations; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the attached recommendations are accepted and the same are hereby adopted for use in the public schools of Alabama; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education does hereby acknowledge and accept the letter dated November 24, 1997 from Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Secondary Math Series (Foundations of Algebra and Geometry, Focus on Algebra, Focus on Geometry, and Focus on Advanced Algebra); and the State Board of Education additionally accepts the conditions set forth by the letter from the company whereby there will be no future sales of the aforementioned textbooks in Alabama, present contract excepted.