WHEREAS, the Code of Alabama 1975, §16-36-60, provides for the appointment of a State Textbook Committee; and

WHEREAS, said law provides that four elementary teachers and four high school teachers are to be selected to serve on the State Textbook Committee and are to come one from each of the seven congressional districts of Alabama and one statewide; and

WHEREAS, said law provides that four people who shall be teachers, principals, supervisors, or superintendents are to be selected from the state-at-large; and

WHEREAS, said law provides that two members of said State Textbook Committee are to be selected from the institutions of higher learning; and

WHEREAS, said law provides that the fourteen people on the attached list are to be nominated to the State Board of Education by the State Superintendent of Education; and

WHEREAS, the State Superintendent of Education recommends approval:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the people on the attached list are hereby appointed to the 2012-13 State Textbook Committee for a term beginning May 1, 2012, and ending on April 30, 2013; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Board recognizes that said law provides that the Governor of Alabama is to appoint nine people not in the field of education to serve on this State Textbook Committee and welcomes them to full membership; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That State Superintendent of Education Thomas R. Bice is hereby authorized to fill any vacancy that may occur on this State Textbook Committee until the next meeting of this State Board of Education after such vacancy occurs and same to be added as ad interim business.



Done this 12th day of April 2012

2012-2013 STATE TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, GRADES K-12 (Includes Reading and Literature, English Language and Composition, Handwriting, Speech, Spelling, and Dictionaries)
TERM: MAY 1, 2012 - APRIL 30, 2013
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT		NAME				SYSTEM
I		Elizabeth Mitchell		Elementary		Baldwin County
II		Ardinna Bradley		Secondary		Bullock County
III		Amy Horn Hill		Secondary		Cleburne County
IV		Tammy Head		Elementary		Guntersville City
V		Kim Terry		Elementary		Morgan County
VI		Loretta P. Wilson		Elementary		Jefferson County
VII		Tineka B. Peoples		Secondary		Birmingham City
State-wide		Kelly Pate		Secondary		Tallassee City
STATE-AT-LARGE
A.		Dr. Rosa Ashmon		Superintendent		Wilcox County
B.		Zella H. Ford		Supervisor		Dallas County
C.		John S. Watkins		Principal		Wilcox County
D.		Myra Hand		Teacher/Reading Coach		Etowah County
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
A.		Mrs. Tonya Chestnut		Professor/Elementary		Aburn University
B.		Dr. Edna Brabham		Professor/Secondary		Concordia College