House File 2547 H-8194 Amend the amendment, H-8191, to House File 2547, as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 27 and 28 and inserting < policy 2 or rules relating to the reasons considered to be valid or 3 acceptable excuses for absence from school , in consultation 4 with the county attorney of the county in which the public 5 school district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central 6 administrative office is located, related to absenteeism and 7 truancy . > 8 2. Page 2, before line 19 by inserting: 9 < (5) Who has an individualized education program that 10 affects the child’s attendance. > 11 3. Page 2, after line 18 by inserting: 12 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 299.1C County attorney. 13 The county attorney of the county in which the public 14 school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central 15 administrative office is located shall be responsible 16 for the enforcement of this chapter, as described in this 17 chapter. Actions instituted by a county attorney pursuant 18 to this chapter shall be instituted in the county in which 19 the public school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central 20 administrative office is located. > 21 4. Page 3, by striking line 7 and inserting < least twenty 22 percent of the days or hours in the school calendar . A > 23 5. Page 3, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting: 24 < 299.12 Failure to attend. > 25 6. Page 3, line 21, after < 1. > by inserting < Definitions. > 26 7. Page 3, line 23, after < days > by inserting < or hours > 27 8. Page 3, by striking lines 24 and 25 and inserting 28 < established pursuant to section 279.10 by a public school. > 29 9. Page 3, line 27, by striking < or an accredited nonpublic 30 school > 31 10. Page 3, by striking line 32 and inserting: 32 < 2. Chronic absenteeism. > 33 11. Page 3, before line 33 by inserting: 34 < a. When a child becomes chronically absent, a school > 35 -1- H 8191.3652 (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8. #9. #10. #11.

12. Page 3, line 33, after < certified mail to > by inserting 1 < the county attorney of the county in which the public school’s 2 central administrative office is located, and to > 3 13. Page 4, by striking lines 7 through 13 and inserting: 4 < (1) The county attorney of the county in which the public 5 school’s central administrative office is located and the 6 board of directors of the public school agree to the amount 7 of absences that will lead to the school official sending the 8 notice. > 9 14. Page 4, by striking line 17 and inserting: 10 < 3. School engagement meeting. > 11 15. Page 4, before line 18 by inserting: 12 < a. (1) If a child is absent from school for greater > 13 16. Page 4, line 19, after < days > by inserting < or hours > 14 17. By striking page 4, line 28, through page 5, line 4, and 15 inserting < to fifteen percent of the days or hours in a school 16 calendar. > 17 18. Page 5, by striking lines 11 through 14. 18 19. Page 5, line 27, by striking < a school official > and 19 inserting < the participants > 20 20. Page 6, by striking line 11 and inserting: 21 < 4. Absenteeism arbitration. > 22 21. Page 6, before line 12 by inserting: 23 < a. (1) When a child becomes truant, a school official > 24 22. Page 6, line 13, by striking < or accredited nonpublic 25 school’s > 26 23. Page 6, by striking lines 21 through 32 and inserting: 27 < (1) prior to a child becoming truant. > 28 24. Page 6, line 34, by striking < or accredited nonpublic 29 school’s > 30 25. Page 7, line 1, by striking < a mediator > and inserting 31 < an arbitrator > 32 26. Page 7, by striking line 6. 33 27. Page 7, line 8, by striking < mediator > and inserting 34 < arbitrator > 35 -2- H 8191.3652 (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 3 #12. #13. #14. #15. #16. #17. #18. #19. #20. #21. #22. #23. #24. #25. #26.

28. Page 7, line 15, by striking < or accredited nonpublic 1 school’s > 2 29. Page 7, line 25, by striking < mediator > and inserting 3 < arbitrator > 4 30. Page 7, line 30, by striking < mediator > and inserting 5 < arbitrator > 6 31. Page 7, line 32, by striking < mediator > and inserting 7 < arbitrator > 8 32. Page 8, lines 5 and 6, by striking < a school official > 9 and inserting < the participants > 10 33. Page 8, line 17, by striking < or accredited nonpublic 11 school > 12 34. Page 9, by striking lines 19 through 21 and inserting: 13 < 1. a. On or before December 31, 2024, each school 14 district > 15 35. By renumbering as necessary. 16 ______________________________ JONES of Clay -3- H 8191.3652 (2) 90 jda/jh 3/ 3 #28. #29. #30. #31. #32. #33. #34. #35.