House Journal: Page 689: Wednesday, March 19, 2003
47 mediation under section 299.5A, for a first offense,
48 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. If a child twelve
49 years of age or older violates a mediation agreement
50 under section 299.5A, or refuses to participate in
Page 2
1 mediation under section 299.5A, the child commits a
2 delinquent act."
3 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
4 word "boards" the following: "and the responsibility
5 of certain children to attend school".
Mascher of Johnson offered the following amendment H-1106, to
amendment H-1066, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:
H-1106
1 Amend the amendment, H-1066, to House File 549 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 4, by striking the figure "12"
4 and inserting the following: "6".
5 2. Page 1, by striking lines 7 and 8 and
6 inserting the following:
7 "NEW PARAGRAPH. r. Who is twelve years of age or
8 older and violates a mediation agreement or refuses to
9 participate in mediation pursuant to section 299.5A."
10 3. Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 16.
11 4. Page 1, by striking lines 19 through 38.
12 5. Page 2, by striking lines 1 and 2, and
13 inserting the following: "mediation under section
14 299.5A, probable cause exists to believe that the
15 child is a child in need of assistance pursuant to
16 section 232.2, subsection 6, paragraph "r".
17 Sec. . Section 299.8, Code 2003, is amended to
18 read as follows:
19 299.8 "TRUANT" DEFINED.
20 Any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to
21 attend school as provided in this chapter, or as
22 required by the school board's or school governing
23 body's attendance policy, or who fails to attend
24 competent private instruction under chapter 299A,
25 without reasonable excuse for the absence, shall be
26 deemed to be a truant. a finding that a child is
27 truant, however, shall not by itself mean that the
28 child is a child in need of assistance within the
29 meaning of chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis
30 for a child in need of assistance petition."
31 6. By renumbering as necessary.
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