Section 16-10-6 Incidental fees in elementary schools. - Alabama Statutes

Section 16-10-6

Incidental fees in elementary schools.

No fees of any kind shall be collected from children attending any of the first six grades during the school term supported by public taxation; provided, that any county or city board of education shall be authorized to permit any school subject to its supervision to solicit and receive from such children or their parents or guardians voluntary contributions to be used for school purposes by the school where such children are attending; provided further, that the provisions of this section shall in no way affect or restrict the right or power of a school board to fix and collect tuition fees or charges from pupils attending schools under the jurisdiction of such board but who live outside the territory over which such board has jurisdiction.

(School Code 1927, §182; Acts 1935, No. 507, p. 1090, §4; Code 1940, T. 52, §142; Acts 1969, No. 745, p. 1323, §1.)