Code of Alabama - Title 13A: Criminal Code - Section 13A-6-80 - Applicability; definitions

Section 13A-6-80 - Applicability; definitions.

(a) For purposes of this article, school employee includes a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, safety or resource officer, coach, adult volunteer in a position of authority or any other school employee who has contact with a student in his or her official capacity as a school employee.

(b) For purposes of this article, a student is defined as any person under the age of 19 years enrolled or attending classes in a licensed or accredited public, private, or church school that offers instruction in grades K-12, regardless of whether school is in session.

(Act 2010-497, p. 766, §4; Act 2016-354, §2.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021