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