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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
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