299.10 Truancy officers — appointment.
1. The board of each school district may appoint a truancy officer. The board of each school district, which does not appoint a truancy officer for the district, shall designate a suitable person to collect information on the numbers of children in the district who are truant.
2. The board may appoint a member of the police force, marshal, teacher, school official, or other suitable person to serve as the district truancy officer.
[S13, §2823-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4419; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.10]
91 Acts, ch 200, §13; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
Referred to in §299.12
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Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 299 - COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Section 299.1 - Attendance requirements.
Section 299.1A - Compulsory attendance age.
Section 299.1B - Failure to attend — driver’s license.
Section 299.3 - Reports from accredited nonpublic schools.
Section 299.4 - Reports as to private instruction.
Section 299.5 - Proof of mental or physical condition.
Section 299.6 - Violations — community service or fine or imprisonment.
Section 299.6A - Civil penalty — distribution of funds.
Section 299.7 - Custody of records.
Section 299.8 - “Truant” defined.
Section 299.9 - Truants — rules for punishment.
Section 299.10 - Truancy officers — appointment.
Section 299.11 - Duties of truancy officer.
Section 299.12 - Violation of attendance policy — attendance cooperation meeting — agreement.
Section 299.13 - Civil enforcement.
Section 299.15 - Reports by school officers and employees.
Section 299.16 - Failure to attend — report.
Section 299.19 - Proceeding against parent.
Section 299.22 - When deaf or hard of hearing and blind children excused.
Section 299.23 - Agent of state board of regents.
Section 299.24 - Religious groups exempted from school standards.