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House Journal: Page 1098: Thursday, March 30, 1995

35   parties to arrive at an agreement relative to the
36   child's attendance, and initiate referrals to any
37   agencies or counseling that the mediator believes to
38   be appropriate under the circumstances.  The mediation
39   agreement may include a provision whereby the child's
40   parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian agrees
41   to attend and successfully complete a parenting skills
42   class offered by the school district or school under
43   section 299.14."
44     3.  Page 1, line 35, by inserting after the
45   numbers "299.5" the following:  ", or section 299.14".
46     4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
47   following:
48     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  299.14  PARENTING SKILLS
49   PROGRAM.
50     1.  The board of directors of a public school

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 1   district and the authorities in charge of an
 2   accredited nonpublic school shall offer and make
 3   available to parents, guardians, or legal or actual
 4   custodians of children deemed truant under section
 5   299.8, a parenting skills program.  The class shall be
 6   based upon a model program developed by the department
 7   of education under section 256.9, subsection 49.
 8     2.  The juvenile court or the district court,
 9   pursuant to a conviction under section 299.6, may
10   order the parent, guardian, or legal or actual
11   custodian of a child to attend and successfully
12   complete the parenting skills class offered by the
13   school district or school, and shall provide the
14   school district or school with a copy of the order.  A
15   mediation agreement may include a provision whereby
16   the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of
17   a child agrees to attend and successfully complete the
18   parenting skills class offered by the school district
19   or school, pursuant to section 299.5A.
20     3.  The parent, guardian, or legal or actual
21   custodian shall notify the clerk of court of the
22   parent's, guardian's, or legal or actual custodian's
23   successful completion of the parenting skills class.
24   The school district or school conducting the class
25   shall notify the county attorney if the parent,
26   guardian, or legal or actual custodian fails to
27   successfully complete a parenting skills class
28   required by order of the court or the county attorney.
29   If a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian
30   refuses to attend and successfully complete a
31   parenting skills class as provided in a mediation
32   agreement, the matter shall be referred to the county
33   attorney for prosecution under section 299.6."
34     5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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