299.8 “Truant” defined.
Any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to attend school as provided in this chapter, or as required by the school board’s or school governing body’s attendance policy, or who fails to attend competent private instruction or independent private instruction under chapter 299A, without reasonable excuse for the absence, shall be deemed to be a truant. A finding that a child is truant, however, shall not by itself mean that the child is a child in need of assistance within the meaning of chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis for a child in need of assistance petition.
[S13, §2823-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4417; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.8]
91 Acts, ch 200, §11; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §94
Referred to in §299.5A
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.