Text: S03417 Text: S03419 Text: S03400 - S03499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 597, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 17, through page 2, 1 4 line 19, and inserting the following: "deemed to be 1 5 truant, the child's family shall be subject to 1 6 sanction as". 1 7 #2. Page 3, by striking lines 1 through 4 and 1 8 inserting the following: 1 9 "5. The sanction under this section shall be a 1 10 deduction of twenty-five percent from the net cash 1 11 assistance grant amount payable to the child's family 1 12 prior to any deduction for recoupment of prior 1 13 overpayment." 1 14 #3. Page 3, by striking lines 21 through 27. 1 15 #4. By striking page 3, line 33, through page 4, 1 16 line 6, and inserting the following: "that the child 1 17 does attend. Prior to deeming a child who has 1 18 completed educational requirements through the sixth 1 19 grade truant, the school may utilize an attendance 1 20 cooperation process which substantially conforms with 1 21 the provisions of section 299.12. If the parent,". 1 22 #5. Page 5, line 12, by striking the words "TRUANT 1 23 CHILDREN" and inserting the following: "VIOLATION OF 1 24 ATTENDANCE POLICY". 1 25 #6. By striking page 5, line 19, through page 6, 1 26 line 9, and inserting the following: 1 27 "___. Prior to a child who has not completed 1 28 educational requirements through the sixth grade being 1 29 deemed to be truant, the school truancy officer shall 1 30 contact the child's parent, guardian, or legal or 1 31 actual custodian to participate as a member of an 1 32 attendance team for the child. Parties who are 1 33 members of an attendance team may include the child 1 34 and shall include the child's parent, guardian, or 1 35 legal or actual custodian and the school truancy 1 36 officer. If the child is a member of a family 1 37 receiving assistance under the family investment 1 38 program, the department of human services shall be 1 39 notified and shall make the contacts for attendance 1 40 team participation in lieu of the school truancy 1 41 officer. For a child who is a member of a family 1 42 receiving assistance under the family investment 1 43 program, the attendance team shall include the child's 1 44 parent or specified relative whose needs are included 1 45 in the child's assistance grant and a representative 1 46 of the department of human services. The school 1 47 truancy officer or the representative of the 1 48 department of human services making the attendance 1 49 team participation contacts may invite other school 1 50 officials, a designee of the juvenile court, the 2 1 county attorney or the county attorney's designee, or 2 2 other persons deemed appropriate to participate in the 2 3 attendance team. 2 4 ___. The attendance team shall hold an attendance 2 5 cooperation meeting. The purpose of the attendance 2 6 cooperation meeting is for the parties participating 2 7 in the meeting to attempt to ascertain the cause of 2 8 the child's nonattendance, to cause the parties to 2 9 arrive at an agreement relative to addressing the 2 10 child's attendance, and to initiate referrals to any 2 11 services or counseling that the attendance team 2 12 believes to be appropriate under the circumstances. 2 13 The terms agreed to shall be reduced to writing in an 2 14 attendance cooperation agreement and signed by the 2 15 parties to the agreement. Each party signing the 2 16 agreement shall receive a copy of the agreement, which 2 17 shall set forth the cause identified for the child's 2 18 nonattendance and future responsibilities of each 2 19 party. 2 20 ___. If an attendance team determines that a 2 21 monitor would improve compliance with the attendance 2 22 cooperation agreement, the attendance team may 2 23 designate a person to monitor the agreement. The 2 24 monitor may be a volunteer, a member of the attendance 2 25 team, a designee of the public school board or 2 26 governing body of the accredited nonpublic school, or 2 27 other appropriate person. A monitor shall contact 2 28 parties to the attendance cooperation agreement on a 2 29 periodic basis as appropriate to monitor performance 2 30 of the agreement. 2 31 ___. If the parties fail to enter into an 2 32 attendance cooperation agreement, or the child's 2 33 parent, guardian, or custodian acting as a party 2 34 violates a term of the attendance cooperation 2 35 agreement or fails to participate in an attendance 2 36 cooperation meeting, the child may be deemed to be 2 37 truant. 2 38 ___. a. If a child deemed to be truant under this 2 39 section is a member of a family receiving family 2 40 investment program assistance under chapter 239 and 2 41 has not completed the sixth grade, the school truancy 2 42 officer may provide notification to the department of 2 43 human services. An initial and any subsequent 2 44 notification shall be made in writing. The form of 2 45 the notification shall be mutually determined by the 2 46 departments of human services and education. 2 47 b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 2 48 chapter to the contrary, unless prohibited by federal 2 49 law, a school truancy officer may release information 2 50 to the department of human services and may receive 3 1 information from the department of human services 3 2 regarding a child described in paragraph "a". In 3 3 addition, the school truancy officer may utilize other 3 4 sources available to the officer as necessary to 3 5 verify whether a child is a member of a family 3 6 receiving family investment program assistance. 3 7 Release of information under this section shall be 3 8 limited to the minimum access to information necessary 3 9 to achieve the purposes of this section. 3 10 . A public school board or governing body of an 3 11 accredited nonpublic school shall exercise the 3 12 authority granted under this section as a means of 3 13 increasing and ensuring school attendance of young 3 14 children, as education is a critical element in the 3 15 success of individuals and good attendance habits 3 16 should be developed and reinforced at an early age." 3 17 #7. Page 6, by inserting before line 10 the 3 18 following: 3 19 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 299.13 CIVIL 3 20 ENFORCEMENT. 3 21 A person shall not disseminate or redisseminate 3 22 information shared with the person pursuant to section 3 23 235.5B, 299.5A, or 299.12, unless specifically 3 24 authorized to do so by section 217.30, 235.5B, 299.5A, 3 25 or 299.12. Unless a prohibited dissemination or 3 26 redissemination of information is subject to 3 27 injunction or sanction under other state or federal 3 28 law, an action for judicial enforcement may be brought 3 29 in accordance with this section. An aggrieved person, 3 30 the attorney general, or a county attorney may seek 3 31 judicial enforcement of the requirements of this 3 32 section in an action brought against the public school 3 33 or accredited nonpublic school or any other person who 3 34 has been granted access to information pursuant to 3 35 section 235.5B, 299.5A, or 299.12. Suits to enforce 3 36 this section shall be brought in the district court 3 37 for the county in which the information was 3 38 disseminated or redisseminated. Upon a finding by a 3 39 preponderance of the evidence that a person has 3 40 violated this section, the court shall issue an 3 41 injunction punishable by civil contempt ordering the 3 42 person in violation of this section to comply with the 3 43 requirements of, and to refrain from any violations of 3 44 section 235.5B, 299.5A, or 299.12 with respect to the 3 45 dissemination or redissemination of information shared 3 46 with the person pursuant to section 235.5B, 299.5A, or 3 47 299.12." 3 48 #8. By renumbering as necessary. 3 49 3 50 4 1 4 2 MAGGIE TINSMAN 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 NANCY BOETTGER 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 MARY NEUHAUSER 4 11 4 12 4 13 JOHN REDWINE 4 14 HF 597.309 77 4 15 jp/cf/28
Text: S03417 Text: S03419 Text: S03400 - S03499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 1997 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov. Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed Apr 9 03:43:12 CDT 1997
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Legislation/S/03400/S03418/970408.html
jhf