House File 2547 H-8172 Amend House File 2547 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 299.12, Code 2024, is amended by 4 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 5 following: 6 299.12 Failure to attend —— attendance cooperation meeting 7 —— agreement. 8 1. As used in this section: 9 a. “Chronically absent” means any absence from school 10 for more than ten percent of the days in a school calendar 11 established pursuant to section 279.10 by a public school or 12 an accredited nonpublic school. 13 b. “School official” means an employee of a public school or 14 an accredited nonpublic school whose primary job duties involve 15 identifying children who are at risk for becoming chronically 16 absent, creating interventions to limit the rate of student 17 absenteeism in the public school or accredited nonpublic 18 school, and participating in the legal process related to 19 student absenteeism. 20 2. a. If a child is chronically absent, a school official 21 shall attempt to find the cause for the child’s absences and 22 shall initiate and participate in an attendance cooperation 23 meeting. The purpose of the attendance cooperation meeting 24 is to identify the child’s barriers to attendance and 25 the interventions that may be used to improve the child’s 26 attendance. All of the following individuals shall participate 27 in the attendance cooperation meeting: 28 (1) The child, if the child is twelve years of age or older 29 or is an emancipated minor. 30 (2) The child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual 31 custodian, if the child is not an emancipated minor. 32 (3) A school official. 33 b. (1) During the attendance cooperation meeting, the 34 participants shall create and sign an attendance cooperation 35 -1- HF 2547.3545 (1) 90 jda/jh 1/ 3 #1.

agreement. Each participant signing the attendance cooperation 1 agreement shall receive a copy of the agreement. The 2 attendance cooperation agreement shall identify the causes of 3 the child’s absences and the future responsibilities of each 4 participant related to the child’s attendance. 5 (2) A school official shall monitor the participants’ 6 compliance with the terms of the attendance cooperation 7 agreement. The attendance cooperation agreement shall require 8 a school official to periodically contact the participants 9 to monitor the performance of the participants under the 10 agreement. 11 c. During the attendance cooperation meeting, a school 12 official may initiate referrals to any services or counseling 13 that the participants believe may be appropriate under the 14 circumstances to improve the child’s attendance. 15 d. If the participants in the attendance cooperation meeting 16 fail to enter into an attendance cooperation agreement, or 17 if the child or the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or 18 actual custodian violates a term of the attendance cooperation 19 agreement or fails to participate in the attendance cooperation 20 meeting, the school official may refer the matter to the county 21 attorney for mediation or prosecution within the county where 22 the school’s central administrative office is located. 23 e. This subsection is not applicable to a child who is 24 receiving competent private instruction or independent private 25 instruction in accordance with the requirements of chapter 26 299A. 27 Sec. 2. SCHOOL DISTRICTS —— POLICIES RELATED TO PORTABLE 28 ELECTRONIC DEVICES. 29 1. a. On or before December 31, 2024, each school district 30 shall develop a policy that restricts student use of cellular 31 telephones and smartphones during classroom instructional time. 32 b. The policy shall describe with specificity the 33 expectations related to student use of cellular telephones and 34 smartphones during the school day and disciplinary actions the 35 -2- HF 2547.3545 (1) 90 jda/jh 2/ 3

school district will take if a student violates the policy. 1 c. The policy shall apply to all attendance centers within 2 the school district; provided, however, that the policy may 3 establish different expectations and disciplinary actions for 4 different grade levels. 5 d. The policy shall describe the circumstances in which an 6 employee of the school district may temporarily waive or make 7 exceptions to the policy for a student in cases that require 8 that reasonable exceptions be made. 9 2. The school district shall make the policy available to 10 the public, including by publishing the policy on the school 11 district’s internet site. 12 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 13 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 14 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 15 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 16 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 17 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 18 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 19 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 20 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 21 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 22 districts. > 23 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting 24 < An Act relating to education, including by requiring 25 attendance cooperation meetings when a child is chronically 26 absent from school and requiring school districts to develop 27 policies restricting student use of cellular telephones and 28 smartphones. > 29 ______________________________ COLLINS of Des Moines -3- HF 2547.3545 (1) 90 jda/jh 3/ 3 #2.