Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

A person shall not disseminate or redisseminate information shared with the person pursuant to section 299.12 , unless specifically authorized to do so by section 217.30 or 299.12 . Unless a prohibited dissemination or redissemination of information is subject to injunction or sa…

All school officers and employees shall promptly report to the secretary of the school corporation any violations of the truancy law of which they have knowledge, and the secretary shall inform the president of the board of directors who shall, if necessary, call a meeting of the…

Children who are of compulsory attendance age and who are so deaf or hard of hearing, or blind, or have such severe disabilities so as to be unable to obtain an education in the public or accredited nonpublic schools shall be sent to the appropriate state-operated school, or shal…

Upon the failure of a person having the custody and control of a child who is blind, deaf or hard of hearing, or has severe disabilities to require the child’s attendance as provided in section 299.18 , the state board of regents may make application to the district court or the …

1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 , a child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen years of age by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age. However, if a child enrolled in a school district or accredited nonpublic school reaches the age of sixteen on …

A person who is of compulsory attendance age who does not meet the requirements for an exception under section 299.2 , who does not attend a public school or an accredited nonpublic school, who is not receiving competent private instruction or independent private instruction in a…

The county attorney of the county in which the public school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central administrative office is located shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter , as described in this chapter . Actions instituted by a county attorney pursuant to t…

1. Section 299.1 shall not apply to a child while the child is attending a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization if all of the following requirements are satisfied: a. The child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child, if…

Section 299.1 shall not apply to any child: 1. Who has completed the requirements for graduation in an accredited school or has obtained a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A . 2. Who is excused for sufficient reason by any court of record or judge. 3. While attend…

Upon the filing of the application mentioned in section 299.19 , the time of hearing shall be determined by the juvenile court or the district court. If, upon hearing, the court determines that the person required to appear has the custody and control of a child who should be req…

A failure to comply with the order of the court shall subject the person against whom the order is made to punishment the same as in ordinary contempt cases. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.21 ] Contempts, chapter 665

Attendance at the state-operated school may be excused when the superintendent of the state-operated school certifies that an interdisciplinary staffing team has determined, pursuant to the requirements of chapter 256B , that the child is efficiently taught for the scholastic yea…

The state board of regents may employ an agent to aid in the enforcement of law relative to the education of deaf or hard-of-hearing children and blind children. The agent shall seek out children who should be in attendance at the state schools but who are not, and require such a…

When members or representatives of a local congregation of a recognized church or religious denomination established for ten years or more within the state of Iowa prior to July 1, 1967, which professes principles or tenets that differ substantially from the objectives, goals, an…

Within ten days from receipt of notice from the secretary of the school district within which an accredited nonpublic school is conducted, the principal of the accredited nonpublic school shall, once during each school year, and at any time when requested in individual cases, fur…

1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent private instruction under section 299A.2 , not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited …

The parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who is physically or mentally unable to attend school, or whose presence in school would be injurious to the health of other pupils, shall furnish proofs by certificate under sectio…

1. Any person who violates the terms of an absenteeism prevention plan entered into under section 299.12 , who is referred for prosecution under section 299.12 and is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5 , who violates any of the provi…

1. In lieu of a criminal proceeding under section 299.6 , a county attorney may bring a civil action against a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, has not completed educational requirements, and is truant, if the parent, …

All such certificates, reports, and proofs shall be filed and preserved in the office of the secretary of the school corporation as a part of the records of the office, and the secretary shall furnish certified copies thereof to any person requesting the same. [S13, §2823-b, -c; …

Any child of compulsory attendance age, to whom the exceptions described in section 299.1, subsection 4 , paragraph “b” , or section 299.2 do not apply, who has been absent from school, for any reason, for at least twenty percent of the days or hours in the grading period, shall …

The board of directors of a public school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall prescribe reasonable rules for the punishment of truants. [S13, §2823-d, -h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4418; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.…