Teacher Jennifer Marie Perry who confessed to sex act with student AVOIDS prison

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Jennifer Marie Perry, 27, admitted unspecified sex act with a student
The two had illicit encounter in parked car near Pinson, Alabama, this year
Thanks to a plea deal her charge got downgraded to a misdemeanor
Judge gave her six month prison sentence but suspended it
She now faces a year of probation instead - and a $250 fine

Published: 14:31 EST, 9 July 2015 | Updated: 15:42 EST, 9 July 2015

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Jail dodger: Jennifer Marie Perry, 27, admitted engaging in a sex act with a student, but had her jail sentence suspended after a plea deal

A 27-year-old married teacher who seduced and engaged in a sex act with a 17-year-old student has dodged her prison sentence after striking a plea deal.

Jennifer Marie Perry, 27, pleaded guilty to having sexual contact with the boy in a parked car around Pinson, Alabama, earlier this year.

Perry reportedly knew the boy from church and did not teach him at Pinson Valley High School, where she taught ninth grade English. Details of their encounter remain unclear.

According to AL.com, Perry was facing a felony charge over the sexual contact - which could have seen her jailed for 20 years.

But after agreeing to a plea deal, the charge was dropped to a misdemeanor, which has much more lenient terms.

She was sentenced to six months in jail, but the sentence was immediately suspended. Instead she will be on unsupervised probation for a year, and have to pay a $250 fine.

Even in the face of her softer sentence, Perry's lawyer still argued that she was being too harshly punished, and called for reform of Alabama's sex offender laws, which he called 'draconian'.

Attorney Richard Jaffe said: 'Ms. Perry is relieved to now be able to move forward with her life rather than risk the uncertain possibility of a felony and its consequences.

'The Alabama sexual registration laws are draconian and need to be changed to fit the facts and the individuals.'

Perry, who is married to her high school sweetheart and lives in the town of Odenville 20 miles from her former school, quit her job after rumors of the sexual encounter began to circulate.

Wife: The 27-year-old is married to Blake Perry, above. She reportedly knew the boy she performed the sex act with from church

According to local sheriffs, Perry herself put school authorities on the trail of the illicit encounter by telling them about the rumors in a bid to head them off.

Instead, school authorities investigated and found out they were true, then called in law enforcement. Perry was arrested in March.

Perry married her husband, Blake, in May 2011, according to Facebook.

Rumor mill: Perry tried to head off the spreading tale of her sexual encounter, but ended up putting school authorities on the trail to the truth

They met when they were freshman in high school and have been together ever since, she wrote on a bio on the school's website. They now live together with their three dogs.

She is a graduate of Jacksonville State University and was in her first year of teaching at the school, according to the bio.

'I am incredibly excited to be spending my first year as a Pinson Valley Indian spreading my love of literature with students,' she wrote.