The sex charges against former Faith Academy teacher Christina Busby, 34, for allegedly having sex with a student under the age of 19 back in 2015, were dropped Thursday morning.

Busby had a hearing at around 9:30 a.m. in Mobile Circuit Court Judge Ben H. Brooks court room.

Busby's attorney, Christine Hernandez said that she pleaded guilty to the lesser misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault and received one-year jail sentence with credit for time already served.

Busby lost her job at Faith Academy on Aug. 18, 2015, after school administrators found out about the alleged relationship between Busby and a 17-year-old student.

She was later arrested and booked into Mobile County Metro Jail on a $15,000 bond on two misdemeanor counts of being a school employee and engaging in a sexual act with a student under 19 years old.

The charges were dismissed a few months later when she was re-indicted sexual misconduct felony felony charges.

Hernandez said Busby was sentenced after today's hearing and taken to Metro County Jail.

"She received one year split to serve six months with the balance suspended for two years formal probation," said Hernandez. "There was no sexual nature or anything like that based on the facts the state indicated they could prove today."

Busby will not have any sexual registration or restrictions on her record once her time is served.