Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF461: A BILL FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent
Status: In committee, March 10, 2025
An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
From the introduced text, February 19, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2849YH (2) jda/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 299.12, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: a. When a child becomes chronically absent, a school official shall send a notice by ordinary mail or electronic mail to the county attorney of the county in which the public school's central administrative office is located, and a notice by certified ordinary mail to the child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child, if the child is not an emancipated minor, or to the child, if the child is an emancipated minor, that includes information related to the child's absences from school and the policies and disciplinary processes associated with additional absences. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill modifies provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent. Current law provides that when a child becomes chronically absent under Code section 299.12 (failure to attend), a school official is required to send a notice by …
Sponsors
- Judd Lawler (R, 91) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 906 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 528 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 528 .
- : Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 356 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 528 . (March 5, 2025): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: school districts, schools, students, notices
Common questions
- What is HF461?
- HF461 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
- What does HF461 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act modifying provisions related to notices that school officials are required to send when a child becomes chronically absent.
- What is the status of HF461?
- In committee as of March 10, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 906 . (March 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF461?
- Judd Lawler (R, 91).
- Where is the official record for HF461?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0461&ga=91
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