Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 16-39A-2 (2026)
Establishment of Program; Agencies to Provide Free Appropriate Public Education for Eligible Children in Accordance with Act.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
There is hereby established a preschool special education program for children with disabilities, ages three through five years, inclusive. All county and city local education agencies are required to provide free appropriate public education for all eligible children with disabilities, ages three through five years, inclusive, in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, previously known as the “Education of the Handicapped Act,” Public Law 91-230, and all amendments thereto.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-474, p. 859, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993).
Opinion of the Justices, 624 So. 2d 107 (Ala. 1993). “Code § 16-39A-2. According to the plain meaning of the statutes, children with disabilities have a right to appropriate instruction and special services.”
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