Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-28-23 - Attendance Register and Rules and Regulations as Evidence.

The registry of attendance of pupils kept by any public school, private school, church school or private tutor in compliance with the provisions of law or any rule and regulation promulgated by the State Board of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts it is required to show. A copy of any rule and regulation of the State Board of Education duly certified as true and correct by the State Superintendent of Education shall be admissible as evidence of the provisions of such rule and regulation, and the statement in the certificate of the State Superintendent of Education of the date of the promulgation shall be admissible as evidence that such rule or regulation was duly promulgated on the day and date named.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 28 - School Attendance.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 16-28-1 - Definitions.

Section 16-28-2 - Purposes of Article.

Section 16-28-2.1 - Adoption of Standards for Mandatory Attendance Policy; Parents Held Accountable; Enforcement.

Section 16-28-2.2 - Establishment of Program by Local Boards to Inform Parents of Educational Responsibilities.

Section 16-28-3 - Ages of Children Required to Attend School; Exemption for Church School Students; Transfer Students.

Section 16-28-3.1 - Guidelines and Procedures for Withdrawal From School; Dropout Prevention Program.

Section 16-28-4 - Minimum Age at Which Child May Enter.

Section 16-28-5 - Private Tutor.

Section 16-28-6 - Children Exempt From Attending Public School.

Section 16-28-7 - Report of Enrollment.

Section 16-28-8 - Reports Required Must Be Furnished.

Section 16-28-9 - List of Children Who Should Attend School - Required.

Section 16-28-10 - List of Children Who Should Attend School - How Lists Prepared.

Section 16-28-11 - Enrollment Report and List of Potential Students Compared.

Section 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 t...

Section 16-28-13 - Burden of Proof on Person in Loco Parentis.

Section 16-28-14 - Habitual Truant.

Section 16-28-15 - Absence Must Be Explained.

Section 16-28-16 - Cases of Nonenrollment and Nonattendance; Withdrawal of Enrollment.

Section 16-28-17 - When Child May Be Taken Into Custody.

Section 16-28-18 - Record Kept by Attendance Officer.

Section 16-28-19 - Attendance Districts.

Section 16-28-20 - Compensation of Attendance Officers.

Section 16-28-21 - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction.

Section 16-28-22 - Prosecutions.

Section 16-28-23 - Attendance Register and Rules and Regulations as Evidence.

Section 16-28-24 - Church Schools May Waive Exemptions Specified in This Article.