Alabama Chapter 28 — SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 16-28-1 — Definitions.
- Section 16-28-2 — Purposes of article.
- Section 16-28-2.1 — Adoption of standards for mandatory attendance policy; parents held accountable; enforcement.
- Section 16-28-2.2 — Establishment of program by local boards to inform parents of educational responsibilities.
- Section 16-28-3 — Ages of children required to attend school; church school students exempt from operation of this section.
- Section 16-28-4 — Minimum age at which child may enter.
- Section 16-28-5 — Private tutor.
- Section 16-28-6 — Children exempt from attending public school.
- Section 16-28-7 — Report of enrollment.
- Section 16-28-8 — Reports required must be furnished.
- Section 16-28-9 — List of children who should attend school — Required.
- Section 16-28-10 — List of children who should attend school — How lists prepared.
- Section 16-28-11 — Enrollment report and list of potential students compared.
- Section 16-28-12 — Person in loco parentis responsible for child's school attendance and behavior; noncompliance; local boards to promulgate written behavior policy, contents, annual distribution, receipt to be documented; school officials required to report noncompliance; failure to report suspected violation; district attorneys vigorously to enforce provisions.
- Section 16-28-13 — Burden of proof on person in loco parentis.
- Section 16-28-14 — Habitual truant.
- Section 16-28-15 — Absence must be explained.
- Section 16-28-16 — Cases of nonenrollment and nonattendance; withdrawal of enrollment.
- Section 16-28-17 — When child may be taken into custody.
- Section 16-28-18 — Record kept by attendance officer.
- Section 16-28-19 — Attendance districts.
- Section 16-28-20 — Compensation of attendance officers.
- Section 16-28-21 — Juvenile court jurisdiction.
- Section 16-28-22 — Prosecutions.
- Section 16-28-23 — Attendance register and rules and regulations as evidence.
- Section 16-28-24 — Church schools may waive exemptions specified in this article.
Article 2 Conditioning of Driving Privileges upon School Attendance.
- Section 16-28-40 — License applicant under 19 to provide documentation of school enrollment, etc.; denial of application if requiste status not shown; role of school attendance official; effect of withdrawal from school; effect of conviction for certain pistol offenses on driving privileges.
- Section 16-28-41 — Written guidelines to be provided.
- Section 16-28-42 — Adoption of regulations.
- Section 16-28-43 — Article not to deny rights of exceptional children.
- Section 16-28-44 — Article not to deny constitutional rights of children.
- Section 16-28-45 — Construction with other attendance and vehicle laws.