Ala. Code § 16-1-52.1
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Section 16-1-52.1 Participation in Certain Interscholastic Athletic Contests by a Dependent Child of a Full-Time Active Duty Military Parent
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “athletic association” means any athletic organization operating in this state that has authority over its member institutions’ athletic programs, that receives public funds in any form, and whose member institutions make use of public facilities.
(b)(1) No public K-12 school may deny a dependent child of a full-time active duty military parent immediate eligibility to participate in an interscholastic athletic contest on the basis of the child enrolling in a new school due to the child and his or her parent making a bona fide move pursuant to permanent change of station orders received by the parent, regardless of the date upon which the child enrolls in the new school within the school attendance zone of the bona fide move.
(2) A public K-12 school and an athletic association may require a parent to provide his or her permanent change of station orders to substantiate a bona fide move that necessitates a child’s enrollment in a new school.
(b)(1) No public K-12 school may deny a dependent child of a full-time active duty military parent immediate eligibility to participate in an interscholastic athletic contest on the basis of the child enrolling in a new school due to the child and his or her parent making a bona fide move pursuant to permanent change of station orders received by the parent, regardless of the date upon which the child enrolls in the new school within the school attendance zone of the bona fide move.
(2) A public K-12 school and an athletic association may require a parent to provide his or her permanent change of station orders to substantiate a bona fide move that necessitates a child’s enrollment in a new school.
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