Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-6-81 (2026)
School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act with a Student Who Is Under the Age of 19 Years or Is a Protected Person Under the Age of 22 Years.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
(a) A person commits the crime of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19 years or engaging in a sex act with a student who is a protected person, as defined in Section 15-25-1, under the age of 22 years if he or she is a school employee and engages in sexual intercourse or sodomy, as defined in Section 13A-6-60, with a student, or student protected person, regardless of whether the student or student protected person is male or female. Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.
(b) The crime of a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student or student protected person is a Class B felony.
(Act 2010-497, p. 766, §1; Act 2016-354, p. 867, §2; Act 2019-465, §1; Act 2022-201, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 2013–2018 · leading case: Bonds v. State, 205 So. 3d 1270 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015).
Bonds v. State, 205 So. 3d 1270 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015). “Lanice Clifton Bonds pleaded guilty to the charge of being a school employee who engaged in a sex act with a student under the age of 19 years, see § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. The Houston Circuit Court sentenced Bonds to 10 years’ imprisonment.”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, the appellant, Ashley Parkins Pruitt, a school employee, pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years, a violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, and two…”
Bell v. State, 217 So. 3d 962 (Ala. Crim. App. 2016). “Code 1975, of the records in four consolidated cases charging violations of § 13A-6-81, Ala.Code 1975, 1 in three of the cases 2 and a violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala.”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “*1018 The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's decision holding § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, unconstitutional as applied to David Thomas Solomon and Carrie Cabri Witt and dismissing the indictments against those individuals.”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “*1018 The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's decision holding § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, unconstitutional as applied to David Thomas Solomon and Carrie Cabri Witt and dismissing the indictments against those individuals.”
Pruitt v. State, 272 So. 3d 732 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, the appellant, Ashley Parkins Pruitt, a school employee, pleaded guilty to two counts of engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student under the age of 19 years, a violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, and two…”
Thomas v. State, 142 So. 3d 1264 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “However, the preceding code section, § 13A-6-81, Ala.Code 1975, prohibits a school employee from engaging in “a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student,” and defines “sex act” as “sexual intercourse with any penetration, however slight.”
Ex parte Decatur City Bd. of Educ., 265 So. 3d 1254 (Ala. 2018). “On September 2, 2016, a Morgan County grand jury returned a two-count indictment that charged her with engaging in a sex act or deviate sexual intercourse with 2 students who were under the age of 19 years, in violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. *1256 On November 4, 2016,…”
Ex parte Decatur City Bd. of Educ., 265 So. 3d 1254 (Ala. 2018). “On September 2, 2016, a Morgan County grand jury returned a two-count indictment that charged her with engaging in a sex act or deviate sexual intercourse with 2 students who were under the age of 19 years, in violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. *1256 On November 4, 2016,…”
United States v. Brett William Kirkham (11th Cir. 2018). “The evidence was obtained pursuant to two search warrants that local law enforcement obtained in June 2016, for Kirkham’s home, computers, cell phones, and hard drives, because they had evidence that Kirkham, a school official, violated Ala. Code § 13A-6-81, by having a sexual…”
— Ala. Code § 13A-6-81(a) — 4 cases
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “*1018 The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's decision holding § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, unconstitutional as applied to David Thomas Solomon and Carrie Cabri Witt and dismissing the indictments against those individuals.”
State v. Solomon, 274 So. 3d 1017 (Ala. Crim. App. 2018). “*1018 The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's decision holding § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975, unconstitutional as applied to David Thomas Solomon and Carrie Cabri Witt and dismissing the indictments against those individuals.”
Ex parte Decatur City Bd. of Educ., 265 So. 3d 1254 (Ala. 2018). “On September 2, 2016, a Morgan County grand jury returned a two-count indictment that charged her with engaging in a sex act or deviate sexual intercourse with 2 students who were under the age of 19 years, in violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. *1256 On November 4, 2016,…”
Ex parte Decatur City Bd. of Educ., 265 So. 3d 1254 (Ala. 2018). “On September 2, 2016, a Morgan County grand jury returned a two-count indictment that charged her with engaging in a sex act or deviate sexual intercourse with 2 students who were under the age of 19 years, in violation of § 13A-6-81, Ala. Code 1975. *1256 On November 4, 2016,…”
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