Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-24-10 (2026)
Cancellation of Contracts - Hearing Officer; Hearing; Appeal.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §8; Code 1940, T. 52, §360; Acts 1945, No. 411, p. 646, §1; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1981, No. 81-686, p. 1156, §2; Act 2000-733, p. 1588, §9; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 54
cases, 1977–2016 · leading case: Ex Parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007).
Ex Parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “`Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act. . .”
Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile Cty. v. Dunn, 962 So. 2d 805 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Acts 2004; see also § 16-24-10, Ala.Code 1975. On December 21, 2004, Harold Dodge, the superintendent of the Mobile County Public School System, recommended to the Board that it terminate, pursuant to § 16-24-8, Ala.”
Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1153 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 121 (Ala. 2009). “Pursuant to § 16-24-10, Dunn obtained a hearing before a hearing officer who reinstated his employment and fashioned a different sanction.”
Haynes v. Coleman, 30 So. 3d 420 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Further, Ala.Code 1975, 16-24-10, allows the teacher to request a post-termination hearing before a hearing officer.”
Franks v. Hampton, 189 So. 3d 14 (Ala. 2015). “1 Franks’s notice stated that if the Board members voted to cancel the contract, a contest of -the cancellation would be heard in accordance with Ala. Code 1975, § 16-24-10 (now repealed).”
Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Wilson, 14 So. 3d 157 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “In this case, this court previously granted an appeal from a hearing officer's decision, pursuant to § 16-24-10(b), Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq.”
Wilson v. Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “‘Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act ....”
Cox v. Mobile Cnty. Bd. of Sch. Commissioners, 157 So. 3d 897 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “Key contended that the extension of time granted by the Commission violated the express requirements of § 16-24-10, Code 1975. The circuit court denied the petition and Key appealed to this court.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 96 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). ““ ‘This type of evidence is of particular relevance under Section 16-24-10, which permits the hearing officer a fair amount of latitude when considering remedy or “actions,” as they are termed in this law, once making findings of fact and conclusions.”
Key v. Alabama State Tenure Comm'n, 407 So. 2d 133 (Ala. Civ. App. 1981). “Key appealed to the State Tenure Commission (hereafter Commission) by filing written notice as provided by § 16-24-10, Code 1975. Section 16-24-10(b) provides a tenured teacher the right to appeal a contract cancellation.”
Birmingham City Bd. of Educ. v. Hawkins, 48 So. 3d 638 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 16-24-10(a). It is undisputed that Hawkins did not receive written notice of the proposed cancellation of her teaching contract; that Hawkins did not get the opportunity to confer with the Board regarding the proposed cancellation; that the Board did not…”
— Ala. Code § 16-24-10(a) — 20 cases
Ex Parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “`Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act. . .”
Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1153 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 121 (Ala. 2009). “Pursuant to § 16-24-10, Dunn obtained a hearing before a hearing officer who reinstated his employment and fashioned a different sanction.”
Haynes v. Coleman, 30 So. 3d 420 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Further, Ala.Code 1975, 16-24-10, allows the teacher to request a post-termination hearing before a hearing officer.”
Wilson v. Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “‘Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act ....”
— Ala. Code § 16-24-10(b) — 26 cases
Ex Parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “`Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act. . .”
Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile Cty. v. Dunn, 962 So. 2d 805 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Acts 2004; see also § 16-24-10, Ala.Code 1975. On December 21, 2004, Harold Dodge, the superintendent of the Mobile County Public School System, recommended to the Board that it terminate, pursuant to § 16-24-8, Ala.”
Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Wilson, 14 So. 3d 157 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “In this case, this court previously granted an appeal from a hearing officer's decision, pursuant to § 16-24-10(b), Ala.Code 1975, a part of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq.”
Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1153 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006). “Wilson appealed pursuant to § 16-24-10 of the Teacher Tenure Act, § 16-24-1 et seq.”
Haynes v. Coleman, 30 So. 3d 420 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Further, Ala.Code 1975, 16-24-10, allows the teacher to request a post-termination hearing before a hearing officer.”
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