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1 1 Amend Senate File 515 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 5, by inserting after line 23 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 217.44 TRUANCY ACADEMY
1 5 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1 6 1. Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds
1 7 by the general assembly, the department of human
1 8 services, in consultation with the department of
1 9 education, the department of workforce development,
1 10 the Iowa department of public health, the division of
1 11 criminal and juvenile justice planning of the
1 12 department of human rights, institutions of higher
1 13 learning with applicable programs, and the division of
1 14 job training and entrepreneurship assistance of the
1 15 department of economic development, shall establish a
1 16 four-year truancy academy demonstration program in
1 17 Polk county that commences in the fiscal year
1 18 beginning July 1, 1997. The truancy academy
1 19 demonstration program shall be designed to reduce
1 20 juvenile crime and the truancy rate of students of
1 21 compulsory school attendance age. The department
1 22 shall locate a truancy academy in Polk county as a
1 23 residential facility.
1 24 2. The program shall include active participation
1 25 by community-based youth organizations, school
1 26 corporations, and local, state, and federal agencies.
1 27 The program shall provide for positive peer coaching
1 28 and early truancy intervention, and shall address
1 29 school dropout and absenteeism, juvenile court
1 30 involvement, family conflict, unemployment, teenage
1 31 suicide, youth mental health, substance abuse, and
1 32 other health problems.
1 33 3. The department of human services shall
1 34 coordinate an evaluation initiative designed to
1 35 investigate program effectiveness in reducing juvenile
1 36 crime and the truancy rate within Polk county. In
1 37 developing the evaluation initiative, the department
1 38 shall consult with the department of education, the
1 39 department of workforce development, the Iowa
1 40 department of public health, the division of criminal
1 41 and juvenile justice planning of the department of
1 42 human rights, institutions of higher learning with
1 43 applicable programs, and the division of job training
1 44 and entrepreneurship assistance of the department of
1 45 economic development.
1 46 4. A program participant shall be a person of
1 47 compulsory attendance age as defined in section
1 48 299.1A, who is at least twelve years of age, and who
1 49 has failed to attend school as provided in chapter 299
1 50 for ten or more days, without a reasonable excuse for
2 1 the absence. The board of directors of a school
2 2 district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
2 3 nonpublic school may provide the department with the
2 4 names of persons deemed truant as provided in this
2 5 section and section 299.8.
2 6 5. The program shall provide at a minimum
2 7 recreation opportunities, personal skills development,
2 8 academic skills development, family interaction
2 9 opportunities, and mentoring. Additional objectives
2 10 of the program shall be to increase the ability of
2 11 existing agencies within the local community to
2 12 address the multiple problems of truant youth and to
2 13 coordinate their activities and to facilitate joint
2 14 planning to make the most economic and innovative use
2 15 of community resources. The program shall provide
2 16 career development services, mental health and family
2 17 counseling services, and primary health care services
2 18 that include, but are not limited to physical
2 19 examinations, immunizations, hearing and vision
2 20 screening, and preventive and primary health care
2 21 services, in the context of the educational needs of
2 22 the program participants. The primary goal of the
2 23 program shall be to return a successful student to a
2 24 regular classroom, an alternative options education
2 25 program as provided in section 280.19A, or to private
2 26 instruction as provided in chapter 299A.
2 27 6. The director of human services shall establish
2 28 a local advisory board, whose members at a minimum
2 29 shall include a representative of the private industry
2 30 council serving the area, parents of children who have
2 31 been deemed truant as provided in section 299.8, a
2 32 teacher recommended by the local teachers association,
2 33 a representative from the health and mental health
2 34 community in the area, teenagers enrolled in the
2 35 school and recommended by the school student
2 36 government, a representative from the nonprofit
2 37 provider community, and a representative from the
2 38 juvenile court system serving the area. Management of
2 39 the program shall be by school districts in the area
2 40 or by a nonprofit youth service organization. As used
2 41 in this subsection, "youth service" means recreational
2 42 services, employment services, civic services, or
2 43 juvenile treatment services.
2 44 7. If a child is deemed to be truant for ten or
2 45 more days under subsection 4, the school truancy
2 46 officer may provide notification to the department of
2 47 human services. An initial and any subsequent
2 48 notification shall be made in writing. A school
2 49 truancy officer may release information to the
2 50 department of human services as provided in section
3 1 279.9A.
3 2 8. The council on human services shall adopt rules
3 3 under chapter 17A for the administration of this
3 4 section."
3 5 #2. Page 17, by inserting after line 29 the
3 6 following:
3 7 "Sec. ___. Section 279.9A, Code 1997, is amended
3 8 to read as follows:
3 9 279.9A INFORMATION SHARING.
3 10 1. The rules referred to in section 279.9 shall
3 11 provide that upon the request of school officials of a
3 12 school to which the student seeks to transfer or has
3 13 transferred, school officials of the sending school
3 14 shall provide an accurate record of any suspension or
3 15 expulsion actions taken, and the basis for those
3 16 actions taken, against the student under sections
3 17 279.9, 280.19A, 282.3, 282.4, and 282.5. The
3 18 designated representative shall disclose this
3 19 information only to those school employees whose
3 20 duties require them to be involved with the student.
3 21 For purposes of this section, "school employees" means
3 22 persons employed by a nonpublic school or school
3 23 district, or any area education agency staff member
3 24 who provides services to a school or school district.
3 25 2. a. The board of directors of each public
3 26 school and the authorities in charge of each
3 27 accredited nonpublic school shall adopt rules which
3 28 provide that the school district or school may share
3 29 information contained within a student's permanent
3 30 record pursuant to an interagency agreement with the
3 31 department of human services, school and law
3 32 enforcement authorities, and other signatory agencies.
3 33 The board of directors or authorities shall limit the
3 34 information shared pursuant to an interagency
3 35 agreement to that information which is necessary to
3 36 achieve the purpose of the agreement. The purpose of
3 37 the agreement shall be to reduce juvenile crime by
3 38 promoting cooperation and collaboration and the
3 39 sharing of appropriate information between the parties
3 40 in a joint effort to improve school safety, reduce
3 41 truancy, reduce school suspensions and expulsions, and
3 42 to support alternatives to suspensions and expulsions
3 43 which provide structured and well-supervised
3 44 educational programs supplemented by coordinated and
3 45 appropriate services designed to correct behaviors
3 46 that lead to truancy, suspension, and expulsion, and
3 47 to support students in successfully completing their
3 48 education. Information shared under the agreement
3 49 shall be used solely for determining the programs and
3 50 services appropriate to the needs of the student or
4 1 the student's family, or coordinating the delivery of
4 2 programs and services to the student or the student's
4 3 family. Information shared under the agreement is not
4 4 admissible in any court proceedings which take place
4 5 prior to a disposition hearing, unless written consent
4 6 is obtained from a student's parent, guardian, or
4 7 legal or actual custodian.
4 8 b. A school or school district entering into an
4 9 interagency agreement under this section shall adopt a
4 10 policy implementing the provisions of the interagency
4 11 agreement. The policy shall include, but not be
4 12 limited to, the provisions of the interagency
4 13 agreement and the procedures to be used by the school
4 14 or school district to share information from the
4 15 student's permanent record with participating
4 16 agencies. The policy shall be published in the
4 17 student handbook."
4 18 #3. Page 19, by inserting after line 15 the
4 19 following:
4 20 "Sec. ___. Section 299.5A, unnumbered paragraph 1,
4 21 Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
4 22 If a child is truant as defined in section 299.8,
4 23 school officers shall attempt to find the cause for
4 24 the child's absence and use every means available to
4 25 the school to assure that the child does attend. The
4 26 board of directors of a school district or the
4 27 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic
4 28 school may utilize the provisions of section 217.44 in
4 29 addition to the provisions of this section or section
4 30 299.6 to assure the child's attendance. A child
4 31 participating in a truancy academy, as provided in
4 32 section 217.44, shall not be considered truant. If
4 33 the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian, or
4 34 child refuses to accept the school's attempt to assure
4 35 the child's attendance or the school's attempt to
4 36 assure the child's attendance is otherwise
4 37 unsuccessful, the truancy officer shall refer the
4 38 matter to the county attorney for mediation or
4 39 prosecution."
4 40 #4. Title page 2, line 7, by inserting after the
4 41 word "authorities" the following: ", conditionally
4 42 establishing a truancy academy demonstration program
4 43 and providing for information sharing between school
4 44 officials and various agencies pursuant to interagency
4 45 agreements designed to reduce truancy".
4 46 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
4 47
4 48
4 49
4 50 MATT McCOY
5 1 SF 515.201 77
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