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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 6, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. p. Who is under the age of twelve and is 1 4 deemed truant under section 299.8. 1 5 Sec. 2. Section 232.2, subsection 12, Code 1995, is 1 6 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. A violation under section 299.13. 1 8 Sec. 3. Section 299.8, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 9 follows: 1 10 299.8 "TRUANT" DEFINED. 1 11 Any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to attend 1 12 school as provided in this chapter, or as required by the 1 13 school board's or school governing body's attendance policy, 1 14 or who fails to attend competent private instruction under 1 15 chapter 299A, without reasonable excuse for the absence, shall 1 16 be deemed to be a truant. A finding that a child age twelve 1 17 or older is truant, however,shall not by itself mean that the 1 18 child is a child in need of assistance within the meaning of 1 19 chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis for a child in 1 20 need of assistance petition. A child under the age of twelve 1 21 deemed truant is a child in need of assistance as provided in 1 22 section 232.2, subsection 6. 1 23 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 299.13 TRUANCY &endash; DELINQUENT ACT. 1 24 A child who has reached the age of twelve and is under the 1 25 age of sixteen, who has run away from home to avoid attending 1 26 school, or who is refusing to attend school, or who has been 1 27 deemed truant fifteen or more school days in one school year, 1 28 and whose child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual 1 29 custodian and school officials have made reasonable efforts to 1 30 cause the child to attend school, shall have committed a 1 31 delinquent act and is subject to the applicable provisions of 1 32 chapter 232. 1 33 Sec. 5. CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall not 1 34 take effect unless an appropriation is made that complies with 1 35 section 25B.2, subsection 3. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill changes the definition of "truant" to provide 2 3 that a finding that a child under the age of 12 is truant 2 4 means, by itself, that the child is a child in need of 2 5 assistance and is basis for a child in need of assistance 2 6 petition. A child between the ages of 12 and 17 shall have 2 7 committed a delinquent act if the child has run away from home 2 8 to avoid attending school, or is refusing to attend school, or 2 9 has been deemed truant 15 or more school days in a school 2 10 year, and whose child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual 2 11 custodian and the school officials at the school in which the 2 12 child is enrolled have made reasonable efforts to cause the 2 13 child to attend school. 2 14 This bill may contain a state mandate under chapter 25B. 2 15 The bill shall not take effect unless an appropriation under 2 16 section 25B.2, subsection 3, is made, fully funding the cost 2 17 of the bill or funding the state's proportionate share of the 2 18 cost. 2 19 LSB 2460YH 76 2 20 kh/jj/8
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