Section 13A-6-82

Section 13A-6-82School employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 years

(a) A person commits the crime of a school employee having sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 years if he or she is a school employee and engaging in sexual contact with a student, regardless of whether the student is male or female. Consent is not a defense to a charge under this section.



(b) As used in this section, sexual contact means any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a student, done for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desire of either party. The term includes soliciting or harassing a student to perform a sex act.



(c) The crime of a school employee having sexual contact with a student is a Class A misdemeanor.

(Act 2010-497, p. 766, §2.)