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 16-1-11.2
Autonomy 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in order to comply with requirements of federal grant provisions, except that any such voluntary participation may be withdrawn by the nonpublic school at-will and immediately.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.)
