§ 6-24-115 - Criminal penalties.
6-24-115. Criminal penalties.
(a) Any board member, administrator, employee, or nonemployee who shall knowingly violate the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony.
(b) (1) Upon pleading guilty or nolo contendere to or being found guilty of violating this chapter, the court shall order restitution to the public educational entity.
(2) In addition, the court may fine the violator in any sum not to exceed the greater of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or double the dollar amounts involved in the transactions, sentence the violator to prison for not more than five (5) years, or impose both a fine and imprisonment.