Bill Text: IA HF241 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-08 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 267. [HF241 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF241-Introduced.html
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BY
GJERDE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
1
program
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
education
2
and
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
299.14
Truancy
evaluation
and
1
reduction
pilot
program.
2
1.
The
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
program
is
3
established
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
education.
4
The
department
shall
work
with
the
applicable
county
attorneys,
5
school
districts,
and
truancy
officers,
as
well
as
the
United
6
States
department
of
the
interior
and
the
school
at
the
Sac
7
and
Fox
settlement,
on
issues
related
to
truancy
and
student
8
absences
from
school.
9
2.
The
department
of
education
shall
do
all
of
the
10
following:
11
a.
Use
the
moneys
appropriated
under
subsection
3
to
employ
12
one
social
worker
who
shall
work
in
a
county
with
a
population
13
of
at
least
two
hundred
thousand
residents
but
not
more
than
14
three
hundred
thousand
residents
to
identify,
evaluate,
and
15
address
cases
of
truancy,
student
absences
from
school,
and
16
other
barriers
that
make
it
difficult
for
students
to
attend
17
school
as
provided
in
this
chapter,
or
as
required
by
the
18
applicable
school
board’s
attendance
policy.
19
b.
Use
the
moneys
appropriated
under
subsection
3
to
employ
20
one
social
worker
who
shall
work
in
a
county
with
a
population
21
of
at
least
twenty-five
thousand
residents
but
not
more
than
22
twenty-five
thousand
six
hundred
residents,
a
county
with
a
23
population
of
at
least
seventeen
thousand
one
hundred
residents
24
but
no
more
than
seventeen
thousand
four
hundred
residents,
25
and
a
county
with
a
population
of
at
least
sixteen
thousand
26
six
hundred
residents
but
not
more
than
sixteen
thousand
seven
27
hundred
residents
to
identify,
evaluate,
and
address
cases
of
28
truancy,
student
absences
from
school,
and
other
barriers
that
29
make
it
difficult
for
students
to
attend
school
as
provided
in
30
this
chapter,
or
as
required
by
the
applicable
school
board’s
31
or
school
governing
body’s
attendance
policy.
32
3.
a.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
and
the
33
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
there
is
appropriated
from
34
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
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seventy-five
thousand
dollars
for
the
sole
and
exclusive
1
purpose
of
the
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
program.
2
The
department
shall
use
the
moneys
appropriated
under
this
3
paragraph
for
one
full-time
equivalent
position,
the
social
4
worker
identified
in
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
.
5
b.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
and
the
6
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
there
is
appropriated
from
7
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
8
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
for
the
sole
and
exclusive
9
purpose
of
the
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
program.
10
The
department
shall
use
the
moneys
appropriated
under
this
11
paragraph
for
one
full-time
equivalent
position,
the
social
12
worker
identified
in
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
.
13
4.
The
department
of
education,
in
consultation
with
14
the
social
workers
employed
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
the
15
applicable
county
attorneys,
school
districts,
and
truancy
16
officers,
as
well
as
the
United
States
department
of
the
17
interior
and
the
school
at
the
Sac
and
Fox
settlement,
shall
18
prepare
a
report
that
evaluates
the
effectiveness
of
the
19
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
program.
The
report
20
shall
include
information
related
to
the
number
of
children
21
of
compulsory
attendance
age
in
the
applicable
counties
who
22
were
deemed
a
truant
under
this
chapter
each
school
year
from
23
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2022,
through
the
school
24
year
beginning
July
1,
2024.
The
report
shall
include
a
25
discussion
of
barriers
that
make
it
difficult
for
students
to
26
attend
school
as
provided
in
this
chapter,
or
as
required
by
27
the
applicable
school
board’s
attendance
policy,
as
well
as
28
recommendations
for
eliminating
those
barriers.
The
report
29
shall
also
include
recommendations
related
to
whether
and
under
30
what
conditions
the
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
31
program
should
be
extended
or
expanded.
The
department
of
32
education
shall
submit
the
report
to
the
general
assembly
on
33
or
before
June
30,
2025.
34
5.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2025.
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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
establishes
the
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
4
pilot
program
to
be
administered
by
the
department
of
5
education.
6
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
work
with
certain
7
specified
persons
on
issues
related
to
truancy
and
student
8
absences
from
school.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
9
employ
one
social
worker
who
shall
work
in
a
county
with
a
10
population
of
at
least
200,000
residents
but
not
more
than
11
300,000
residents
and
another
social
worker
who
shall
work
in
a
12
county
with
a
population
of
at
least
25,000
residents
but
not
13
more
than
25,600
residents,
a
county
with
a
population
of
at
14
least
17,100
residents
but
not
more
than
17,400
residents,
and
15
a
county
with
a
population
of
at
least
16,600
residents
but
not
16
more
than
16,700
residents
to
identify,
evaluate,
and
address
17
cases
of
truancy,
student
absences
from
school,
and
other
18
barriers
that
make
it
difficult
for
students
to
attend
school.
19
The
bill
appropriates
a
combined
$300,000
from
the
general
fund
20
to
the
department
for
FY
2023-2024
and
FY
2024-2025
for
the
21
social
workers.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department,
in
collaboration
with
the
23
social
workers
and
certain
specified
persons,
to
prepare
a
24
report
evaluating
the
effectiveness
of
the
truancy
evaluation
25
and
reduction
pilot
program.
The
bill
establishes
the
26
information
and
recommendations
that
are
to
be
included
in
the
27
report.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
submit
the
report
28
to
the
general
assembly
on
or
before
June
30,
2025.
29
The
bill
provides
that
the
Code
section
establishing
the
30
truancy
evaluation
and
reduction
pilot
program
is
repealed
July
31
1,
2025.
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