Code of Alabama
Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification.
Section 16-23-8 - Institutes - Attendance Required; Penalty for Failure to Attend.

Every person employed in a teaching, supervisory or administrative capacity by the county or city board of education in the public schools of the state shall attend the institute held for the county or city in which such person is employed; provided, that the institute is held during the term-time or during the week immediately preceding the date of opening of the schools in the county or city. All persons attending such institute shall be paid as for time taught, and any person subject to institute attendance who fails to attend an institute called in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall forfeit his or her contract with the respective county or city board of education as the case may be and shall be ineligible to employment in the public schools of the state for a period of six months from the date of such delinquency, unless excused as hereinafter provided.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 23 - Teacher Training and Certification.

Section 16-23-1 - Certain Public School Employees Must Hold Certificate.

Section 16-23-2 - Issuance, Extension and Renewal of Certificates.

Section 16-23-3 - Provisional Certificates.

Section 16-23-4 - Fee of Applicant for Certificate.

Section 16-23-4.1 - Fee for Evaluation of Transcript.

Section 16-23-5 - Revocation of Certificates.

Section 16-23-6 - Placement Bureau for Teachers.

Section 16-23-7 - Institutes - Conduct; Duration; Character of Instruction.

Section 16-23-8 - Institutes - Attendance Required; Penalty for Failure to Attend.

Section 16-23-9 - Institutes - Excuses for Nonattendance.

Section 16-23-10 - Institutes - List of Persons Subject to Attendance.

Section 16-23-11 - Institutes - Persons Not Attending Not Placed on Payroll.

Section 16-23-12 - Teachers' Conferences.

Section 16-23-13 - Training-in-Service Work.

Section 16-23-14 - Standards and Minimum Requirements for Training.

Section 16-23-16 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Training.

Section 16-23-16.1 - Creation of Professional Teachers Standards Commission; Designation or Development of Entry-Level Pre-Certification Examination for Teacher Candidates.

Section 16-23-16.2 - Criminal History Background Check for Teacher Preparation Program Applicants.

Section 16-23-24 - Teacher Education Scholarship Loan Program Established; Use; Subsequent Obligations; Funding; Rule-Making Authority; Provisions for Current Scholarship Recipients.