Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 13A-6-80 (2026)

Applicability; Definitions.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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(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.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: Bonds v. State, 205 So. 3d 1270 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015).
Bonds v. State, 205 So. 3d 1270 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). · cites it 19× “” The legislature has not specifically defined “school employee” in the context of § 13A-6-81, but § 13A-6-80 lists persons considered to be “school employees” for purposes of §- 13A-6-81.”
State of Iowa v. Patrick Ryan Nicoletto, 845 N.W.2d 421 (Iowa 2014). “, Ala.Code 13A-6-80 (LexisNexis Supp. 2013) (defining “school employee” to include “a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, safety or resource officer, coach, and other school employee” (emphasis added)); La.”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “See § 13A-6-80, Ala. Code 1975 ("For purposes of this article, school employee includes a teacher.”
Bonds v. State, 205 So. 3d 1279 (Ala. 2016). “Although I do not condone the behavior engaged in by the petitioner, Lanice Clifton Bonds, that resulted in his criminal prosecution, I would grant Bonds’s petition for a writ of certiorari to examine the application of §§ 13A-6-80 and -81, Ala. Code 1975, under the facts of…”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “See § 13A-6-80, Ala. Code 1975 ("For purposes of this article, school employee includes a teacher.”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “See § 13A-6-80, Ala. Code 1975 ('For purposes of this article, school employee includes a teacher .”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “See § 13A-6-80, Ala. Code 1975 ('For purposes of this article, school employee includes a teacher .”
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