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1 1 Amend House File 535 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 1995, is amended
1 5 by adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 49. Develop and implement a model
1 7 parenting program for the parents, guardians, or legal
1 8 or actual custodians of children deemed to be truant
1 9 under section 299.8. The model program shall provide
1 10 information to parents to assist and support them in
1 11 their parenting roles and shall include activities and
1 12 materials designed to encourage and enhance parenting
1 13 skills and foster an appreciation of the benefits of
1 14 education."
1 15 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 28 the
1 16 following:
1 17 "Sec. . Section 299.5A, unnumbered paragraph 2,
1 18 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 19 If the matter is referred for mediation, the county
1 20 attorney shall cause a notice of the referral to be
1 21 sent to the parent, guardian, or legal or actual
1 22 custodian and designate a person to serve as mediator
1 23 in the matter. If mediation services are available in
1 24 the community, those services may be used as the
1 25 designated mediation service. If mediation services
1 26 are not available in the community, mediation shall be
1 27 provided by the county attorney or the county
1 28 attorney's designee. The mediator shall contact the
1 29 school, the parent, guardian, or legal or actual
1 30 custodian, and any other person the mediator deems
1 31 appropriate in the matter and arrange meeting dates
1 32 and times for discussion of the child's nonattendance.
1 33 The mediator shall attempt to ascertain the cause of
1 34 the child's nonattendance, attempt to cause the
1 35 parties to arrive at an agreement relative to the
1 36 child's attendance, and initiate referrals to any
1 37 agencies or counseling that the mediator believes to
1 38 be appropriate under the circumstances. The mediator
1 39 may require the child's parent, guardian, or legal or
1 40 actual custodian to attend and successfully complete a
1 41 parenting skills class offered by the school district
1 42 or school under section 299.14."
1 43 #3. Page 1, line 35, by inserting after the
1 44 numbers "299.5" the following: ", or section 299.14".
1 45 #4. Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
1 46 following:
1 47 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 299.14 PARENTING SKILLS
1 48 PROGRAM.
1 49 The board of directors of a public school district
1 50 and the authorities in charge of an accredited
2 1 nonpublic school shall offer and make available to
2 2 parents, guardians, or legal or actual custodians of
2 3 children deemed truant under section 299.8, a
2 4 parenting skills program. The county attorney, a
2 5 mediator acting under the provisions of 299.5A, the
2 6 juvenile court or the district court, may require the
2 7 parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a
2 8 child to attend and successfully complete the
2 9 parenting skills class offered by the school district
2 10 or school. The class shall be based upon a model
2 11 program developed by the department of education under
2 12 section 256.9, subsection 49. If a parent, guardian,
2 13 or legal or actual custodian refuses to attend and
2 14 successfully complete a parenting skills class
2 15 required under this section, the matter shall be
2 16 referred to the county attorney for prosecution under
2 17 section 299.6."
2 18 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
2 19
2 20
2 21
2 22 OLLIE of Clinton
2 23 HF 535.503 76
2 24 kh/jw
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