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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 mediation
1 39 agreement may include a provision whereby the child's
1 40 parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian agrees
1 41 to attend and successfully complete a parenting skills
1 42 class offered by the school district or school under
1 43 section 299.14."
1 44 #3. Page 1, line 35, by inserting after the
1 45 numbers "299.5" the following: ", or section 299.14".
1 46 #4. Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
1 47 following:
1 48 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 299.14 PARENTING SKILLS
1 49 PROGRAM.
1 50 1. The board of directors of a public school
2 1 district and the authorities in charge of an
2 2 accredited nonpublic school shall offer and make
2 3 available to parents, guardians, or legal or actual
2 4 custodians of children deemed truant under section
2 5 299.8, a parenting skills program. The class shall be
2 6 based upon a model program developed by the department
2 7 of education under section 256.9, subsection 49.
2 8 2. The juvenile court or the district court,
2 9 pursuant to a conviction under section 299.6, may
2 10 order the parent, guardian, or legal or actual
2 11 custodian of a child to attend and successfully
2 12 complete the parenting skills class offered by the
2 13 school district or school, and shall provide the
2 14 school district or school with a copy of the order. A
2 15 mediation agreement may include a provision whereby
2 16 the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of
2 17 a child agrees to attend and successfully complete the
2 18 parenting skills class offered by the school district
2 19 or school, pursuant to section 299.5A.
2 20 3. The parent, guardian, or legal or actual
2 21 custodian shall notify the clerk of court of the
2 22 parent's, guardian's, or legal or actual custodian's
2 23 successful completion of the parenting skills class.
2 24 The school district or school conducting the class
2 25 shall notify the county attorney if the parent,
2 26 guardian, or legal or actual custodian fails to
2 27 successfully complete a parenting skills class
2 28 required by order of the court or the county attorney.
2 29 If a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian
2 30 refuses to attend and successfully complete a
2 31 parenting skills class as provided in a mediation
2 32 agreement, the matter shall be referred to the county
2 33 attorney for prosecution under section 299.6."
2 34 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
2 35
2 36
2 37
2 38 OLLIE of Clinton
2 39 HF 535.220 76
2 40 kh/jj
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