All school officers, including those in private schools, or private tutors, but not those in church schools, in this state offering instruction to pupils within the compulsory attendance ages, shall make and furnish all reports that may be required by the State Superintendent of Education and by the county superintendent of education or by the board of education of any city with reference to the workings of this article. The principal teacher of each public school, private school, church school and each private tutor shall keep an attendance register showing the enrollment of the school and every absence of each enrolled child from school for a half day or more during each school day of the year.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 28 - School Attendance.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-28-1 - Definitions.
Section 16-28-2 - Purposes of Article.
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 16-28-13 - 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.