It shall be the duty of any parent, guardian, or other person having control of any deaf or blind child of mandatory school attendance age and so handicapped by deafness, blindness, or inability to speak as to be unable to make satisfactory progress in the public schools of the community in which such child resides to enroll such child in the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind located at Talladega, Alabama, not later than five days after the opening of this school and to keep such child in school during each scholastic year for a term of 36 weeks, or for the length of the school term.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.
Chapter 1 - Deaf and Blind Persons Generally.
Article 1 - Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.
Section 21-1-3 - Board of Trustees - Quorum; Secretary and Treasurer.
Section 21-1-4 - Board of Trustees - Executive Committee.
Section 21-1-6 - Board of Trustees - Maintenance and Insurance of State Property.
Section 21-1-7 - Disbursement of Funds and Reports by Treasurer.
Section 21-1-10 - Attendance of Blind, Deaf, or Mute Children of Mandatory Age - Required.
Section 21-1-11 - Attendance of Blind, Deaf, or Mute Children of Mandatory Age - Exemptions.
Section 21-1-13 - Prosecutions for Failure of Minors to Attend School.
Section 21-1-14 - Education and Training of Nonresident Handicapped Persons.
Section 21-1-16 - Preparation and Maintenance of Register of Blind Persons.
Section 21-1-19 - Negotiation of Temporary Loans.
Section 21-1-22 - Personal Leave for Teachers Employed by Institute.