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Alabama Unsafe School Option

A student who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense committed on

school property during school hours or at school-sponsored activities shall

be given an opportunity to transfer to a safe public school within the local

education agency. The school shall notify the student’s parent/guardian of

the right to transfer within 10 calendar days from the date of a final

determination by the school board that a violent criminal offense has

occurred. Alabama students who attend a school deemed persistently

dangerous by the State Department criteria will be offered a transfer option

to another school. A persistently dangerous school is one in which, for 3

consecutive years, the school has expelled 1% of the student population or 5

students (whichever is greater) for violent criminal offenses committed on

school property during school hours or committed at school-sponsored

activities. (Ala Code 290-3-1-02).