House Journal: Page 1395: Monday, April 23, 2001
1 Amend Senate File 412, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
4 following:
5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 280.28 POTENTIAL
6 DROPOUT DECISION-MAKING ASSISTANCE POLICY.
7 The board of directors of a school district and the
8 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic
9 school shall adopt a potential dropout decision-making
10 assistance policy to inform students who are potential
11 school dropouts and are no longer of compulsory
12 attendance age of the problems the students may
13 encounter as school dropouts and of alternative
14 educational options.
15 Under the policy, the school board or the
16 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic
17 school shall provide to a student, when a student is
18 identified as being at risk of dropping out or at
19 least twenty-four hours before the student is
20 anticipated to drop out of school, information by
21 videotape about the problems that research indicates
22 dropouts are likely to encounter and about the
23 alternative educational options offered by the school
24 district or school or by any other educational
25 institution in the area, as appropriate. The school
26 board and authorities in charge of an accredited
27 nonpublic school shall also provide to the student a
28 certification and consent form to be signed by the
29 student verifying that the student was offered a
30 viewing of the videotape. The student shall also
31 attain the signature of the student's parent or legal
32 guardian to document that the parent or legal guardian
33 consents to the student's intention to drop out of
34 school."
35 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Mascher of Johnson offered the following amendment H-1607, to
amendment H-1531, filed by her and moved its adoption:
H-1607
1 Amend the amendment, H-1531, to Senate File 412, as
2 passed by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking the words
4 "amended, passed, and reprinted" and inserting the
5 following: "passed".
6 " . Page 1, by inserting before line 5, the
7 following:
8 ""Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 43, Code
9 2001, is amended to read as follows:
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