Title 16

(a) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, a teacher may exclude from his or her classroom any student who does any of the following: (1) Engages in disorderly conduct. (2) Behaves in a manner that obstructs the teaching or learning process of others in the classroom. (3) Thre…

(a) An education employee may not be held civilly or criminally liable for his or her actions while addressing student behavior that could lead to exclusion pursuant to Section 16-28C-3, if those actions are carried out in conformity with rules of the State Board of Education or …

Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education shall adopt a model policy that reflects the requirements of this chapter. Each local board of education may adopt and implement the model policy, or may adopt and implement another policy, provided that each …

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to infringe on any right provided to a student pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or the Americans…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Tyrell Spencer Act. (Act 2023-235, §1.)

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AHSAA. The Alabama High School Athletic Association. (2) AISA. The Alabama Independent School Association. (3) ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. a. This term includes any of the following activities: 1. Inter…

(a) The board shall adopt guidelines to inform and educate student athletes, parents, and coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, including the risks associated with continuing to participate in or practice an athletic activity after experiencing symp…

Each local board of education may hold an informational meeting for student athletes, parents, coaches, and other school officials prior to the start of each athletic season regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. Informational meetings may include, but…

(a)(1) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, once every two years, each coach of any athletic activity shall complete a cardiac arrest training course provided by the AHSAA for its member schools and by the AISA for its member schools. The training shall be approved by the bo…

(a) An athletic trainer, coach, or other responsible party may remove any student athlete who, during any athletic activity, exhibits any symptoms identifiable by the required training if the trainer, coach, or other responsible party reasonably believes that the student athlete’…

The sponsors of recreational youth athletic activities are encouraged, but not required, to follow the guidelines provided in this article. (Act 2023-235, §7.)

The Legislature encourages the availability of an automated external defibrillator (AED) within three minutes retrieval time at any athletic activity. (Act 2023-235, §8.)

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the John Wesley Foster Act. (b) For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. The same meaning as Section 16-30D-2. (2) AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR or AED. A light…

(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, each local board of education and governing body of a nonpublic school shall develop and implement both of the following: (1) A cardiac emergency response plan that addresses the appropriate use of personnel to respond to incidents of…

The State Board of Education may adopt rules establishing a procedure to monitor adherence to this article by local boards of education and governing bodies of nonpublic schools. (Act 2024-392, §3.)

The State Health Officer is authorized, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, to designate diseases against which children must be immunized or for which they must be tested prior to, or, in certain instances after entry into the schools of Alabama. (Acts 1973, No…

It shall be the responsibility of the parents or guardians of children to have their children immunized or tested as required by Section 16-30-1. (Acts 1973, No. 1269, p. 2113, §2.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply if: (1) In the absence of an epidemic or immediate threat thereof, the parent or guardian of the child shall object thereto in writing on grounds that such immunization or testing conflicts with his religious tenets and practices; or…

(a)(1) The boards of education and the governing authority of each private school shall require each pupil who is otherwise entitled to admittance to kindergarten or first grade, whichever is applicable, or any other entrance into an Alabama public or private school, to present a…

The State Health Officer shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 1269, p. 2113, §5.)

This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Safe at Schools Act. (Act 2014-437, p. 1618, §1.)

A physician has no supervisory authority over the school’s execution of the Individual Health Plan, and therefore shall be immune from civil liability for any orders, acts or omissions directly related to this chapter, including any vicarious liability for the acts and omissions …

A private school may provide training and diabetes care for its students in accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter. (Act 2014-437, p. 1618, §11.)

For purposes of this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DELEGATION. The act of authorizing a competent individual to perform selected nursing activities supportive to registered nurses or licensed practical nurses in selected school situations as provid…

(a) No later than the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing, shall develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the care needed for students with diabetic medical needs according …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “adrenal insufficiency” means a hormonal disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones. (Act 2023-75, §1)

The parent or guardian of each student with an identified diabetic medical condition who seeks care while at school shall submit the order from a physician, certified registered nurse practitioner operating under a valid collaborative agreement, or physician assistant operating u…

(a) The local board of education shall ensure that each student in the school or system with a diabetic condition or an adrenal insufficiency receives appropriate care as specified in his or her Individual Health Plan. (b) The school nurse or a trained unlicensed medication assis…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed health care professional may provide training and supervise school employees becoming unlicensed medication assistants who may also be providing care and performing tasks pursuant to this chapter in the activities set forth i…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “medical condition” refers to a diabetic condition or an adrenal insufficiency. (b) A student with a medical condition in public school may attend the school the student would otherwise attend if the student did not have that medical…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a student with a medical condition, other than or in addition to diabetes, requiring supervision or other specialized services may be assigned to a school in accordance with the student’s Individual Health Plan. (Act 2014-437, …

A school employee shall be immune from suit and not liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in the supervision or rendering of services, care, or assistance to a student under this chapter, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages as a …

A Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan shall be developed and administered in accordance with this chapter in order to provide guidance to schools, school nurses, a terminally ill or injured student to whom the plan applies, and the student’s parents or guardians, wi…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLAN or PLAN. A document that outlines activities of which a qualified minor may partake in the school setting or in selected school situations as prescribed…

(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding the administration of Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting; provided, however, the board may not propose rules without approval from the task force created pursuant to Section 16-30B-…

A school employee shall be immune from suit and not liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in the supervision or rendering of services, care, or assistance to a student under this chapter, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages as a …

An attending physician, as defined in Section 22-8A-3, has no supervisory authority over the school’s execution of the Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan and shall be immune from civil liability for any orders, acts, or omissions directly related to this chapter, i…

(a) A task force is created to serve under the supervision of the Alabama Department of Education to approve proposed rules of the State Board of Education regarding the administration of Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans in the school setting, in accordance with…

This chapter may be known and shall be cited as the Seizure Safe Schools Act. (Act 2021-519, §1.)

(a) Commencing with the 2022-2023 school year, the parent or guardian of a student who has a seizure disorder and is enrolled in and attending a public K-12 school may seek care for the student’s seizures while the student is at school or is participating in a school-sponsored ac…

With consent of the parent or guardian, a local board of education may provide for an unlicensed medication assistant, who is a school employee trained in accordance with this chapter, but not required to be a health care professional, to administer to a student seizure disorder …

(a) The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines, subject to approval by the Alabama Board of Nursing, for the training of school employees regarding the care needed for a student with medical needs relating to seizure disorder according to the student’s seizure man…

(a) A school employee shall be immune from civil liability or criminal liability as a result of his or her acts or omissions in the supervision or rendering of services, care, or assistance to a student pursuant to this chapter or for any act, failure to act, or in the provision …

Not later than March 1, 2022, the State Department of Education and the State Board of Nursing shall adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter. (Act 2021-519, §1.)

Whenever the American Legion or the American Legion Auxiliary of the State of Alabama shall donate to the State of Alabama, and actually pay in cash to the Treasurer of said state, a sum of money amounting to $1,250.00, there shall be considered as established a free scholarship …

At the time such sum or sums of money amounting to $1,250.00 shall be donated to the state and paid over to the Treasurer, the said American Legion or American Legion Auxiliary donating the same shall designate in writing signed by its commander or president and countersigned by …