Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-24-12 (2026)
Teacher Deemed Reemployed for Succeeding School Year Unless Notified.
✓ 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Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.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, §10; Code 1940, T. 52, §361(2); Acts 1945, No. 411, p. 646, §1; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1079, p. 1835, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 33
cases, 1978–2013 · leading case: Boone v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 45 So. 3d 757 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008).
Boone v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 45 So. 3d 757 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “Because we find that the Board violated Ala.Code 1975, § 16-24-12, we reverse and remand.”
Boone v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 45 So. 3d 764 (Ala. 2009). “The statement in Campbell about the propriety of the notification of nonrenewal, citing Ala.Code 1975, § 16-24-12, is a non sequitur, appearing only in dicta.”
Ex Parte Jackson, 625 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1993). “All parties agree that the disposition of this case turns on the proper application of § 16-24-12, which provides: "Any teacher in the public schools, whether in continuing service status or not, shall be deemed offered reemployment for the succeeding school year at the same…”
Ex Parte Hayes, 405 So. 2d 366 (Ala. 1981). “Hayes was illegally terminated on November 28, 1978, because he was not discharged by the Board in compliance with Code 1975, § 16-24-12, and awarded him back pay up to January 24, 1979.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 96 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “At the outset of the proceedings, Webb moved for a judgment as a matter of law, contending that the Board was prohibited from making the May 3, 2006, incident at Bellingrath a basis for canceling his teaching contract because, he said, the Board had failed to notify him of the…”
Jackson v. Alabama State Tenure Comm'n, 625 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1992). “All parties agree that the disposition of this case turns on the proper application of § 16-24-12, which provides: “Any teacher in the public schools, whether in continuing service status or not, shall be deemed offered reemployment for the succeeding school year at the same…”
James v. Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile Cnty., Ala., 484 F. Supp. 705 (S.D. Ala. 1979). “Code § 16-24-12. Such notification is effective if authorized beforehand by the school board and the board may refuse reemployment to a nontenured teacher without a hearing.”
Estill v. Alabama State Tenure Com'n, 650 So. 2d 890 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994). “…"succeeding year" in § 16-24-5; "school term" in § 16-24-11; "succeeding school year" and "term of the school" in § 16-24-12; and "school year" in § 16-24-13. In reading these statutes, it becomes obvious that the legislature had different definitions for "school year" and…”
Bell v. Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile Cty., 450 F. Supp. 162 (S.D. Ala. 1978). “Code of Ala. § 16-24-12 (1975). Tenure, therefore, is the ultimate responsibility of the Board.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 121 (Ala. 2009). “He contended that the Court of Civil Appeals’ conclusion that the Board’s notice of termination was timely for purposes of cancellation pursuant to § 16-24-12, Ala.Code 1975, conflicted with prior decisions of this Court.”
Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile v. Glenn, 70 So. 3d 340 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “After an evi-dentiary hearing, at which witnesses for the Board and the teacher testified and exhibits were admitted into evidence, the hearing officer issued a decision determining (a) that the Board had violated Ala. Code 1975, § 16-24-12, which pertains to automatic renewal…”
Athens State Coll. v. Ruth, 795 So. 2d 703 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999). “The supreme court held that he was a regularly certified teacher, pursuant to § 16-24-1, and that he was entitled to written notice by the last day of the school year, as mandated by § 16-24-12. Both § 16-24-1 and § 16-24-12 are part of the Teacher Tenure Act.”
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