2023 Code of Alabama › Title 16 - Education. › Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification. › Section 16-23-5 - Revocation of Certificates.

Section 16-23-5
Revocation of certificates.
(a) The State Superintendent of Education may revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder has been guilty of immoral conduct or unbecoming or indecent behavior. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, under the circumstances listed in subsection (b), the holder shall be immediately disenfranchised from certification and any other rights pursuant to Section 16-24-9.
(b) The State Superintendent of Education shall immediately revoke any certificate issued under this chapter when the holder is convicted of capital murder or any Class A felony, including, but not limited to, rape, murder, kidnapping, or robbery, or any of the following:
(1) Rape in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-61 or 13A-6-62.
(2) Sodomy in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-63 or 13A-6-64.
(3) Sexual torture, pursuant to Section 13A-6-65.1.
(4) Sexual abuse in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-66 or 13A-6-67.
(5) Enticing a child to enter a vehicle, room, house, office, or other place for immoral purposes, pursuant to Section 13A-6-69.
(6) Promoting prostitution in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-12-111 or 13A-12-112.
(7) Violation of the Alabama Child Pornography Act, pursuant to Section 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-196, or 13A-12-197.
(8) Kidnapping a minor, except by a parent, in the first or second degree, pursuant to Section 13A-6-43 or 13A-6-44.
(9) Incest, pursuant to Section 13A-13-3, when the offender is an adult and the victim is a minor.
(10) Transmitting obscene material to a child by computer, pursuant to Section 13A-6-111.
(11) Facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child, pursuant to Section 13A-6-121.
(12) Electronic solicitation of a child or facilitating the online solicitation of a child, pursuant to Section 13A-6-122 or 13A-6-123.
(13) Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act or facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act, pursuant to Section 13A-6-124 or 13A-6-125.
(14) Any solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses listed in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive.
(15) Any crime committed in any state or a federal, military, or foreign jurisdiction which, if committed in this state under the law existing at the time of the offense, would constitute an offense listed in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive.
(16) Any criminal sex offense in which the victim is a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography.
(17) Any crime committed in any jurisdiction which, regardless of the specific description or statutory elements, may be characterized or known as rape, sodomy, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse, sexual torture, solicitation of a child, enticing or luring a child, child pornography, lewd and lascivious conduct, taking indecent liberties with a child, or molestation of a child.
(18) Any crime not listed in this subsection involving endangerment to the health, safety, or welfare of a child that may be created on or after March 31, 2010.
(School Code 1927, §354; Code 1940, T. 52, §337; Act 2010-264, p. 482, §1.)