Lauderdale County
Brooks High School Killen, AL
Taylor's Law
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Think Before You Act
Taylor's Law

Alabama is the first state in the nation to pass a law linking bad behavior in school to when a student qualifies for a driver's license or permit.

  • Links in-school behavior of students 13 and over to qualifying for a driver's permit or license, or watercraft license.
  • Imposes point system for infractions of school discipline rules and tracks infractions through STI, state uniform data reporting system all schools have.
  • Points accumulate yearly beginning at age 13 until student eligible for license or learner's permit.
  • Each point delays by one week the time when a student qualifies for a permit or license.
  • Accumulated points reduced by one-half after one year with no new infractions. After two years with no behavior infractions, the student's record is clean again.
  • Students get behavior infraction points including:
    1 point: One-day in-school suspension
    2 points: One day out-of-school suspension
    6 points: Alternative school placement
    20 points: Getting expelled.
    Implementation expected in 2010-11 school year.

Source: HB 464/Act 2009-713 on ALISON