For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" or "director" means the director of the department of human services.
2. "Home" means the Iowa juvenile home.
3. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the Iowa juvenile home.
The Iowa juvenile home shall be maintained for the purpose of providing care, custody and education of such children as are committed to the home. Such children shall be wards of the state. Their education shall embrace instruction in the common school branches and in such other higher branches as may be practical and will enable the children to gain useful and self-sustaining employment. The administrator and the superintendent of the home shall assist all discharged children in securing suitable homes and proper employment.
[C97, § 2689; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3698, 3706; C46, § 243.1, 244.1; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 244.1]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 90 Acts, ch 1239, § 19
C93, § 233B.1
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