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Alabama Code > Title 16 > Chapter 28 - School Attendance

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§ 16-28-1	Definitions
§ 16-28-2	Purposes of article
§ 16-28-2.1	Adoption of standards for mandatory attendance policy; parents held accountable; enforcement
§ 16-28-2.2	Establishment of program by local boards to inform parents of educational responsibilities
§ 16-28-3	Ages of children required to attend school; church school students exempt from operation of this section
§ 16-28-4	Minimum age at which child may enter
§ 16-28-5	Private tutor
§ 16-28-6	Children exempt from attending public school
§ 16-28-7	Report of enrollment
§ 16-28-8	Reports required must be furnished
§ 16-28-9	List of children who should attend school â€” Required
§ 16-28-10	List of children who should attend school â€” How lists prepared
§ 16-28-11	Enrollment report and list of potential students compared
§ 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;
§ 16-28-13	Burden of proof on person in loco parentis
§ 16-28-14	Habitual truant
§ 16-28-15	Absence must be explained
§ 16-28-16	Cases of nonenrollment and nonattendance; withdrawal of enrollment
§ 16-28-17	When child may be taken into custody
§ 16-28-18	Record kept by attendance officer
§ 16-28-19	Attendance districts
§ 16-28-20	Compensation of attendance officers
§ 16-28-21	Juvenile court jurisdiction
§ 16-28-22	Prosecutions
§ 16-28-23	Attendance register and rules and regulations as evidence
§ 16-28-24	Church schools may waive exemptions specified in this article
§ 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 d
§ 16-28-41	Written guidelines to be provided
§ 16-28-42	Adoption of regulations
§ 16-28-43	Article not to deny rights of exceptional children
§ 16-28-44	Article not to deny constitutional rights of children
§ 16-28-45	Construction with other attendance and vehicle laws

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