2009 Alabama Code
Title 21 — HANDICAPPED PERSONS.
Chapter 1 — DEAF AND BLIND PERSONS GENERALLY.
Section 21-1-11 Attendance of blind, deaf, or mute children of mandatory age - Exemptions.

Attendance of blind, deaf or mute children between seven and 16 years of age - Exemptions.

The following children, when issued a certificate of exemption by the county superintendent of education, when the child resides in territory under the control of the county board of education, or by the city superintendent, when the child resides in territory under a city board of education, shall not be required to attend the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind:

(1) A child whose physical or mental condition is such as to render inadvisable his attendance at the aforesaid school, such mental or physical condition to be determined by the county health officer before the issuance of certificate of exemption; or

(2) A child who may be attending a public, private, denominational or parochial school, within or without the State of Alabama, in which competent teachers, certified in deaf education or in vision, are instructors for the entire length of the school term in every scholastic year, the rating of such school and teachers to be determined by the State Superintendent of Education.