School officers shall ascertain the number of children who are of compulsory attendance age, in their respective districts, the number of those children who are truant under section 299.8 or who have accumulated fifteen unexcused absences during a three-year period, and so far as possible the cause of the failure to attend. School officers shall, until July 1, 1999, biennially report this information to the department of education on forms provided by the department. The department shall attach a summary of the reports, an analysis of the data, and policy recommendations based on the data analysis, along with the department's annual report under section 256.9, subsection 28.
[S13, § 2823-i; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4425; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 299.16]
88 Acts, ch 1134, §65; 91 Acts, ch 200, §15
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