Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-24-9 (2026)
Cancellation of Contracts - Procedure; Notice.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
(Acts 1939, No. 499, p. 759, §7; Code 1940, T. 52, §359; Acts 1951, No. 690, p. 1191; Acts 1953, No. 773, p. 1040, §1; Act 2004-566, p. 1330, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 50
cases, 1978–2014 · leading case: Ex parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007).
Ex parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “) The Board responds that Wilson has focused only on part of § 16-24-10(a) and has overlooked § 16-24-8, the grounds for termination; § 16-24-9, the procedure for cancellation of contracts; and other parts of § 16-24-10, the appeal of the decision of the board of education to a…”
Haynes v. Coleman, 30 So. 3d 420 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Alabama Code 1975, § 16-24-9, affords notice and an opportunity to be heard to tenured teachers before their employment contracts may be canceled.”
Birmingham City Bd. of Educ. v. Hawkins, 48 So. 3d 638 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Code 1975, § 16-24-1, which, she asserted, prevented the Board from canceling her teaching employment contract without cause and without following the procedures set out in Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-24-9 and 16-24-10. Hawkins requested an order directing the Board to follow the…”
Ex parte Wright, 443 So. 2d 40 (Ala. 1983). “The part of the Teacher Tenure Act that is central to this litigation is Code 1975, § 16-24-3, which in pertinent part states: "The contract of employment of any teacher who shall attain continuing service status shall remain in full force unless superseded by a new contract…”
Webster v. Byrd, 494 So. 2d 31 (Ala. 1986). “" These regulations require the same notice procedure as that mandated by Code 1975, § 16-24-9, for the termination of tenured elementary and high school teachers, except for the requirement of a specified date by which the teacher or instructor must request a hearing (ten days…”
Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mob. Cty. v. Wright, 443 So. 2d 35 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983). “It generally provides a right of appeal directly to the Commission by a teacher with tenure when he or she has been dismissed or transferred without being afforded a hearing by the Board as required by § 16-24-6 or § 16-24-9. In *38 the event of such an appeal, the Commission…”
Bishop State Cmty. Coll. v. Archible, 33 So. 3d 577 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008). “” Ala.Code 1975, § 16-24-9. In State Tenure Commission v.”
Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Webb, 53 So. 3d 121 (Ala. 2009). “In compliance with the procedures established by § 16-24-9, he requested and was granted a conference with the Board.”
State Tenure Com'n v. Jackson, 881 So. 2d 445 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Specifically, she contends that her termination is invalid because, she says, (1) the school board did not provide proper written notice of the reasons upon which it sought to rely for canceling her employment contract, in contravention of § 16-24-9, Ala.Code 1975, and (2) the…”
Smith v. Wilcox Cty. Bd. of Educ., 365 So. 2d 659 (Ala. 1978). “Code of 1975, § 16-24-9). Thus, defendant's cancellation of plaintiff's contract was rendered null and void.”
Ex parte Jackson, 625 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1993). “) The Commission contends that the provisions in §§ 16-24-9 and -10 prescribing specific time periods for review and appeal following a teacher's notification of the school board's cancellation proposal satisfy due process requirements.”
Eddie L. Tucker v. Talladega City Schs., 171 F. App'x 289 (11th Cir. 2006). “Ala.Code § 16-24-9 (2003) (providing that only the board may cancel the employment contract of a teacher on continuing service status).”
Ala. Code § 16-24-9(a): 4 cases
Ex parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “) The Board responds that Wilson has focused only on part of § 16-24-10(a) and has overlooked § 16-24-8, the grounds for termination; § 16-24-9, the procedure for cancellation of contracts; and other parts of § 16-24-10, the appeal of the decision of the board of education to a…”
Haynes v. Coleman, 30 So. 3d 420 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Alabama Code 1975, § 16-24-9, affords notice and an opportunity to be heard to tenured teachers before their employment contracts may be canceled.”
Birmingham City Bd. of Educ. v. Hawkins, 48 So. 3d 638 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Code 1975, § 16-24-1, which, she asserted, prevented the Board from canceling her teaching employment contract without cause and without following the procedures set out in Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-24-9 and 16-24-10. Hawkins requested an order directing the Board to follow the…”
Wilson v. Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007).
Ala. Code § 16-24-9(b): 5 cases
Ex parte Wilson, 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007). “) The Board responds that Wilson has focused only on part of § 16-24-10(a) and has overlooked § 16-24-8, the grounds for termination; § 16-24-9, the procedure for cancellation of contracts; and other parts of § 16-24-10, the appeal of the decision of the board of education to a…”
Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mobile Cty. v. Dunn, 962 So. 2d 805 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006).
Birmingham City Bd. of Educ. v. Hawkins, 48 So. 3d 638 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009). “Code 1975, § 16-24-1, which, she asserted, prevented the Board from canceling her teaching employment contract without cause and without following the procedures set out in Ala. Code 1975, §§ 16-24-9 and 16-24-10. Hawkins requested an order directing the Board to follow the…”
Wilson v. Madison Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 984 So. 2d 1161 (Ala. 2007).
Bd. of Sch. Commissioners v. Dunn, 962 So. 2d 814 (Ala. 2007).
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