Ala. Code § 16-1-11.3: Autonomy of Nonpublic Schools - Applicability of Statutory Requirements.

Each nonpublic school, including private, church, parochial, and religious schools, offering educational instruction in grades K-12, as well as home-schooling entities, shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 28 of this title, relating to school attendance; Chapter 22A of this title, the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999; and Chapter 7 of Title 38, relating to criminal history background checks on persons responsible for children, the elderly, and the disabled.