House File 906 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 906 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 461) A BILL FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school 1 officials are required to send when a child becomes 2 chronically absent. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2849HV (1) 91 jda/jh
H.F. 906 Section 1. Section 299.12, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. When a child becomes chronically absent, a school 3 official shall send a notice by ordinary mail or electronic 4 mail to the county attorney of the county in which the public 5 schools central administrative office is located, and a notice 6 by certified ordinary mail to the childs parent, guardian, 7 or legal or actual custodian of the child, if the child is 8 not an emancipated minor, or to the child, if the child is an 9 emancipated minor, that includes information related to the 10 childs absences from school and the policies and disciplinary 11 processes associated with additional absences. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill modifies provisions related to notices that school 16 officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically 17 absent. 18 Current law provides that when a child becomes chronically 19 absent under Code section 299.12 (failure to attend), a school 20 official is required to send a notice by certified mail to 21 the childs parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian, 22 if the child is not an emancipated minor, or to the child, if 23 the child is an emancipated minor, that includes information 24 related to the childs absences from school and the policies 25 and disciplinary processes associated with additional absences. 26 The bill modifies this provision to provide that the notice is 27 required to be sent by ordinary mail. 28 -1- LSB 2849HV (1) 91 jda/jh 1/ 1