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House Journal: Page 1099: Thursday, March 30, 1995

A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 25, nays 50.
Amendment H-3639 lost.

Grubbs of Scott offered amendment H-3516 filed by him and Wise
as follows:
H-3516
 1     Amend House File 535 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 1, by inserting after the word
 3   and figure "paragraphs 1" the following:  ", 4,".
 4     2.  Page 1, line 16, by striking the words "or
 5   prosecution" and inserting the following:  "or,
 6   prosecution, or the filing of a petition under section
 7   299.6A".
 8     3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 20 the
 9   following:
10     "The school district shall be responsible for
11   monitoring any agreements arrived at through
12   mediation.  If a parent, guardian, or legal or actual
13   custodian refuses to engage in mediation or violates a
14   term of the agreement, the matter shall be rereferred
15   to the county attorney for prosecution under section
16   299.6 or the filing of a petition under section
17   299.6A.  The county attorney's office or the mediation
18   service shall require the parent, guardian, or legal
19   or actual custodian and the school to pay a fee to
20   help defray the administrative cost of mediation
21   services.  The county attorney's office or the
22   mediation service shall establish a sliding scale of
23   fees to be charged parents, guardians, and legal or
24   actual custodians based upon ability to pay.  A
25   parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian shall
26   not be denied the services of a mediator solely
27   because of inability to pay the fee."
28     4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
29   following:
30     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  299.6A  CIVIL PENALTY --
31   DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
32     1.  In lieu of proceeding under section 299.6, a
33   county attorney may bring a civil action against a
34   parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a
35   child who is of compulsory attendance age, if the
36   child is under the age of twelve and is truant, if the
37   parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian has
38   failed to cause the child to attend a public school,
39   an accredited nonpublic school, or competent private
40   instruction in the manner provided in this chapter.
41   If the court finds that the parent, guardian, or legal
42   or actual custodian has failed to cause the child to

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