AL textbook publisher bonds.
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A publisher who wins a statewide textbook contract with the Alabama State Board of Education must post a performance bond behind it (Code of Alabama Title 16, Chapter 36). The bond guarantees the publisher furnishes the adopted books on contract. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check — enter the amount the Board set and the premium updates.
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Your textbook contract is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Board set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
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No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Board
Submit the executed bond with your statewide textbook contract to the Alabama State Board of Education. Wet-ink original on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Board set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the publisher bond actually guarantees
Alabama adopts and contracts for public-school textbooks through the State Board of Education under Code of Alabama Title 16, Chapter 36. A publisher that bids on and wins a statewide textbook contract must execute the contract and post a performance bond behind it (§§16-36-63 and 16-36-64).
The bond is a contract-performance guarantee: it backs the publisher's obligation to furnish the adopted books as the contract provides. If a contractor fails to deliver the books, the bond is forfeited and the State Board may contract for other books as needed — the bond covers the state's cost of doing so.
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the publisher/principal), the surety carrier, and the State Board of Education (the obligee). The Board sets the bond amount for the contract, so enter the figure on your contract documents and we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Submit the application with the bond amount the Board set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your textbook contract.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Board set and file with your contract the same day.