Senate
File
2119
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2119
BY
EVANS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
driver’s
license
privileges
for
students
who
1
are
truant.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
299.1B,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
299.1B
Failure
to
attend
——
driver’s
license.
3
1.
A
person
who
is
of
compulsory
attendance
age
who
does
4
not
meet
the
requirements
for
an
exception
under
section
5
299.2
,
who
does
not
attend
a
public
school
or
an
accredited
6
nonpublic
school,
who
is
not
receiving
competent
private
7
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction
in
accordance
8
with
the
provisions
of
chapter
299A
,
and
who
does
not
attend
9
an
alternative
school
or
adult
education
classes,
shall
not
10
receive
an
intermediate
or
full
driver’s
license
until
age
11
eighteen.
12
2.
A
person
of
compulsory
attendance
age
who
is
deemed
13
to
be
a
truant
as
described
in
section
299.8
for
ten
percent
14
or
more
of
the
days
in
a
semester
or
term
of
a
school
year
15
or
instruction
year
shall
not
receive
an
intermediate
or
16
full
driver’s
license
until
age
eighteen.
If
the
person
has
17
already
received
an
intermediate
or
full
driver’s
license,
the
18
department
of
transportation
shall
suspend
the
license
until
19
the
person
is
age
eighteen.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
public
20
school
district,
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
21
nonpublic
school,
or
any
other
person
providing
instruction
22
to
a
person
as
described
in
subsection
1
who
is
truant
to
the
23
extent
described
in
this
subsection
shall
promptly
report
24
the
person
to
the
department
of
transportation
in
a
manner
25
prescribed
by
the
department.
26
Sec.
2.
Section
321.213B,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
27
follows:
28
321.213B
Suspension
for
failure
to
attend.
29
The
department
shall
establish
procedures
by
rule
for
30
suspending
the
license
of
a
juvenile
who
has
been
issued
a
31
driver’s
license
and
is
not
in
compliance
with
the
requirements
32
of
section
299.1B
,
declining
to
issue
a
license
to
such
a
33
juvenile,
or
,
if
applicable,
issuing
the
juvenile
a
restricted
34
license
under
section
321.178
.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
of
compulsory
attendance
4
age
who
is
deemed
to
be
a
truant
for
10
percent
or
more
of
the
5
days
in
a
semester
or
term
of
a
school
year
or
instruction
6
year
shall
not
receive
an
intermediate
or
full
driver’s
7
license
until
age
18.
If
the
person
has
already
received
an
8
intermediate
or
full
driver’s
license,
the
bill
requires
the
9
department
of
transportation
to
suspend
the
license
until
10
the
person
is
age
18.
The
school
board,
the
authorities
in
11
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
any
other
person
12
providing
instruction
to
a
person
who
is
truant
to
the
extent
13
described
in
the
bill
shall
promptly
report
the
person
to
the
14
department
of
transportation.
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