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AL Code § 15-27-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 27 - Expungement.|Section 15-27-21 - Admissibility of Expungement Records in Criminal Trials.

Section 15-27-21Admissibility of expungement records in criminal trials. A certified record of an expungement is admissible in a criminal trial, subject to the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Alabama Rules of Evidence. Prior to the introduction of an expungement by any party, the court shall conduct an in-camera hearing to determine its admissibility. (Act 2021-286, §3.)
AL Code § 16-1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-1-1Definitions. For purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) SCHOLASTIC DAY. Shall not be less than six hours of actual teaching, exclusive of all recesses or intermission periods unless otherwise ordered by the county or city board of education. County and city boards of education and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall be required to provide each teacher employed a minimum of 30 minutes of time free of instructional or supervisory responsibilities each teaching day. This provision shall not be interpreted to deprive any teacher of benefits exceeding the minimum requirements of this act. (2) SCHOLASTIC WEEK. Shall consist of five school days each week. (3) SCHOLASTIC MONTH. Shall constitute 20 school days. (4) SCHOLASTIC YEAR. Shall begin with the first day of July and end with the thirtieth day of June each year. (5) FISCAL YEAR. From October first to September thirtieth, inclusive. (Code 1940, T. 52, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-323, p. 743, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-2.1 - New School Construction to Include Approved Safe Space or Hallway.

Section 16-1-2.1New school construction to include approved safe space or hallway. (a) Commencing on July 1, 2010, any new contract awarded for the construction of a new public school, unless the school has an Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway, shall include an Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway.  (b) The State Department of Education shall coordinate with the Alabama Building Commission and develop, promulgate, and enforce any rules necessary for the implementation of this section. (Act 2010-746, p. 1885, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-2.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-2.2 - New Construction at Public Two-Year and Four-Year Institutions of Higher Education to Include Approved Safe Space or Hallway.

Section 16-1-2.2New construction at public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to include approved safe space or hallway. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-476 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2022. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a) Commencing on August 1, 2012, any new contract awarded for the construction of a new building, containing classrooms or dorm rooms, on the grounds of a public two-year or four-year institution of higher education shall include an Alabama Building Commission approved safe space or hallway. (b) The State Department of Postsecondary Education and the separate boards of trustees of the four-year institutions of higher education in the state shall coordinate with the Alabama Building Commission to develop, promulgate, and enforce any rules necessary for the implementation of this section. (Act 2012-554, p. 1634, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-2.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-2.5 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective February 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 16-1-2.5THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  The State Department of Education, an educational institution, a state educational institution, as defined in Section 41-4-400(d), a public K-12 school, or a public institution of higher education with a constitutionally created board of trustees may contract with the Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance for any purpose. (Act 2021-476, §5.)
AL Code § 16-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-3 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Authorized; Force and Effect.

Section 16-1-3Photographing or microphotographing records - Authorized; force and effect. The State Superintendent of Education and each of the several city and county superintendents of education may cause any records, documents, books, papers or writing made, acquired or received as required by law to be photographed or microphotographed, on plate or film. Such photographs, microfilms or prints made therefrom, when duly authenticated by the custodian thereof, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record, or of a record made by any other legally authorized means, and may be offered in like manner and shall be received in evidence in any court where such original record, or record made by other legally authorized means, could have been so introduced and received. (Acts 1953, No. 826, p. 1113, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-4 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Destruction of Records Photographed, etc.; Retention of Photographs.

Section 16-1-4Photographing or microphotographing records - Destruction of records photographed, etc.; retention of photographs. The State Superintendent of Education and each of the several city and county superintendents of education may destroy or cause to be disposed of any record, document, books, papers or other writing which have been photographed or microphotographed. Such photographs or microphotographs shall be retained and kept in lieu of such records, documents, books or papers required to be kept or maintained. However, no record or other written matter authorized under the provisions of Section 16-1-3 to be photographed or microphotographed may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of until the copy has been processed and checked with the original for accuracy, and no city or county superintendent of education shall destroy or dispose of any record or other written matter without first obtaining the approval of the State Superintendent of Education. The State Superintendent of Education may, however, classify such records and other written matter and authorize the destruction of certain classes of records or other written matter upon their being photographed or microphotographed, and may prescribe the period for which records of certain classes must be retained after having been photographed or microphotographed before such records are destroyed. (Acts 1953, No. 826, p. 1113, §2.)
AL Code § 16-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-5 - Photographing or Microphotographing Records - Intent.

Section 16-1-5Photographing or microphotographing records - Intent. It is the intent of Sections 16-1-3 and 16-1-4 to permit the State Superintendent of Education and each of the several city and county superintendents of education to destroy, in the manner prescribed in Section 16-1-4, any records, documents, books or papers required by law to be kept or maintained by them in the event that photographic reproductions of such records, documents, books or papers are made and to give such photographic reproductions the same force and effect as the originals thereof. (Acts 1953, No. 826, p. 1113, §3.)
AL Code § 16-1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-6 - Association of School Board Members.

Section 16-1-6Association of school board members. The Alabama Association of School Board Members is hereby recognized as the organization and representative agency of the members of the school boards of Alabama. The State Superintendent of Education, the State Department of Education and the boards of education of the county and city systems are hereby empowered and authorized to cooperate with the Alabama Association of School Board Members in its in-service training program for school board members and in encouraging and fostering cooperation among the school boards affiliated with the Alabama Association of School Board Members. Members of the state, county and city boards of education are authorized to pay dues to and also may incur reasonable traveling and subsistence expenses in attending meetings of the Alabama Association of School Board Members with which it is affiliated. Such dues and expenses may be paid as other expenses are paid by such boards of education. (Acts 1955, No. 317, p. 718, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 16-1-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-7 - Eye Protective Devices for Pupils and Teachers Participating in Certain Courses.

Section 16-1-7Eye protective devices for pupils and teachers participating in certain courses. (a) Every pupil and every teacher in the public schools shall wear industrial quality eye protective devices while participating in the following courses: (1) Vocational or industrial arts, shops or laboratories involving experience with: a. Hot molten metals; b. Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting or stamping of any solid materials; c. Heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; d. Gas or electric arc welding; e. Repair or servicing of any vehicle; f. Caustic or explosive materials. (2) Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids. (b) The board of education or other governing authority of each school shall furnish the eye protective devices prescribed in this section free of charge to the pupils and teachers of the school participating in the courses described in subsection (a) of this section. The county board of education or other governing authority shall furnish eye protective devices to all visitors to the courses heretofore named. (c) "Industrial quality eye protective devices" as used in this section shall mean devices meeting the current standards of the American Standard Safety Code for head, eye and respiratory protection, promulgated by the American Standards Association, Incorporated. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 219, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 16-1-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-10 - Selling, etc., Alcoholic Beverages to School Children; Keeping on School Premises.

Section 16-1-10Selling, etc., alcoholic beverages to school children; keeping on school premises. Any person, firm, corporation or association that knowingly sells, gives or dispenses any alcoholic beverage to any school student under the age of 18 years, or keeps or has in possession any alcoholic beverage in or on the campus or premises of any school building of any public secondary or grade school is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a period of from one to three years. (Acts 1947, No. 532, p. 388, § 1.)
AL Code § 16-1-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11 - Private Schools to Register and Report;.

Section 16-1-11Private schools to register and report;. All private schools or institutions of any kind having a school in connection therewith, except church schools as defined in Section 16-28-1, shall register annually on or before October 10 with the Department of Education and shall report on uniform blanks furnished by the Department of Education, giving such statistics as relate to the number of pupils, the number of instructors, enrollment, attendance, course of study, length of term, cost of tuition, funds, value of property, and the general condition of the school. This section may not be interpreted or construed to authorize the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Superintendent of Education to license or regulate any private, nonpublic, or church school offering instruction in grades K-12, or any combination thereof. (School Code 1927, §599; Code 1940, T. 52, §547; Acts 1982, No. 82-218, p. 260, §2; Act 2014-245, p. 785, §4.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.1 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Legislative Findings.

Section 16-1-11.1Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Legislative findings.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That a parent or guardian in Alabama has a constitutional right to choose the type of K-12 education that is best for his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (2) That many parents choose to home school or enroll their children in elementary and secondary nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, or religious schools, that are not subject to state regulation and do not receive state or federal funds. (3) That other than reporting on the enrollment of students, these nonpublic K-12 schools have been primarily exempt from state regulation and have only been required by state law to report the enrollment of students. (4) That there is no national or state constitutional mandate that the government provide, license, or regulate nonpublic education, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, or home-schooled students. (5) That regulation by the state, including the State Department of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Superintendent of Education, of any school with a religious affiliation would be an unconstitutional burden on religious activities in direct violation of the Alabama Religious Freedom Amendment and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; and further that the State of Alabama has no compelling interest to burden by license or regulation nonpublic schools, which include private, church, parochial, and religious schools offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-based schools and home-schooled students. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.2 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Education Selection by Parents; Exemption From Licensure or Regulation.

Section 16-1-11.2Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Education selection by parents; exemption from licensure or regulation.  (a) A parent or guardian shall have the right to select the type school or method of his or her choice for the K-12 education of his or her child, whether public or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (b) Nonpublic schools, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooled students, are not subject to licensure or regulation by the state or any political subdivision of the state, including the State Department of Education. This section shall not be interpreted or construed as preventing a nonpublic school from voluntarily participating in state audits or other state administrative oversight in order to comply with requirements of federal grant provisions, except that any such voluntary participation may be withdrawn by the nonpublic school at-will and immediately. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §2.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.3 - Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Applicability of Statutory Requirements.

Section 16-1-11.3Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Applicability of statutory requirements.  Each nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooling entities, shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 28 of this title, relating to school attendance; Chapter 22A of this title, the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999; and Chapter 7 of Title 38, relating to criminal history background checks on persons responsible for children, the elderly, and the disabled. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §3.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.4 - Admission of Nonpublic School Students by Public Institutions of Higher Education.

Section 16-1-11.4Admission of nonpublic school students by public institutions of higher education.  Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no public two-year or four-year institution of higher education in the state may deny admission to or otherwise discriminate against an otherwise qualified student based on the consideration, whether in whole or in part, that the student attended, graduated from, or is enrolled in a nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, or was home schooled. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §6.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.5 - Teacher Certification.

Section 16-1-11.5Teacher certification.  Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the State Department of Education's requirements for teacher certification and recertification shall be the same for any person who teaches in a public school or a nonpublic school, whether accredited or not, and without regard to whether the otherwise qualified person is or was employed by a nonpublic K-12 private, church, parochial, or religious school that is not subject to state regulation. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §7.)
AL Code § 16-1-11.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-11.6 - Membership of Nonpublic Schools in Alabama High School Athletic Association.

Section 16-1-11.6Membership of nonpublic schools in Alabama High School Athletic Association.  All nonpublic schools which choose to become members of the Alabama High School Athletic Association shall be in compliance with the constitution and bylaws established by Alabama High School Athletic Association member schools. (Act 2014-245, p. 785, §8.)
AL Code § 16-1-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-13 - Teaching Pupils of Disparate Ability, Background and Achievement.

Section 16-1-13Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students and parents of various pupils concerned, and the decision reached shall be solely within the discretion of the board. The local board may prescribe the times and hours and place of instruction for any grouping within schools and classrooms as it may consider advisable and may assign special teachers, prescribe special subjects or remedial courses, advanced courses, vocational courses and take such other action with respect to the time and place for teaching such separate groupings as it may consider in the best interest of the students and the entire student body of the school. (Acts 1963, No. 522, p. 1126, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 16-1-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-14 - Removal, Isolation, or Separation of Pupils Creating Disciplinary Problems; State Approval Necessary for Rules Implementing Such Measures; Deprivation of Right to Equal and Adequate Education May Not Result.

Section 16-1-14Removal, isolation, or separation of pupils creating disciplinary problems; state approval necessary for rules implementing such measures; deprivation of right to equal and adequate education may not result. Any city, county, or other local public school board shall, consistent with Section 16-28-12, prescribe rules and regulations with respect to behavior and discipline of pupils enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction and, in order to enforce such rules and regulations, may remove, isolate, or separate pupils who create disciplinary problems in any classroom or other school activity and whose presence in the class may be detrimental to the best interest and welfare of the pupils of such class as a whole. Any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be approved by the State Board of Education. Any such removal, isolation, or separation may not deprive such pupils of their full right to an equal and adequate education. (Acts 1963, No. 460, p. 995, §1; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-793, p. 98, §1.)
AL Code § 16-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-15 - Classification and Grouping of Pupils Upon Consideration of Social Attitudes, Etc.

Section 16-1-15Classification and grouping of pupils upon consideration of social attitudes, etc. For the purpose of preventing or minimizing disciplinary problems, the local school board may classify and group pupils upon consideration of their social attitudes, their amenability to discipline, their hostility toward the school environment and their health, morals, cleanliness and habits of personal behavior. (Acts 1963, No. 460, p. 995, §2.)
AL Code § 16-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 16 - Education.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 16-1-16 - Special Courses, Tutoring, Counseling, etc., for Special Groups of Pupils.

Section 16-1-16Special courses, tutoring, counseling, etc., for special groups of pupils. A local board of education may in its discretion prescribe special courses in citizenship, health, morals or any other subject it may consider necessary to meet the needs of special groups of pupils and may prescribe individual tutoring, counseling or group instruction and may assign special teachers and special classrooms or other places for such purposes and may schedule such courses either during or after regular school hours or at any time administratively feasible. (Acts 1963, No. 460, p. 995, §3.)