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Establishing the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program to be administered by the department of education and making appropriations
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would start a new pilot program to help students who miss school or have trouble attending classes. The Department of Education would hire social workers in specific counties to find and fix the reasons why kids are truant. These workers would also help create a report to show how well the program worked.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program to be administered by the department of education. The bill requires the department to work with certain specified persons on issues related to truancy and student absences from school. The bill requires the department to employ one social worker who shall work in a county with a population of at least 200,000 residents but not more than 300,000 residents and another social worker who shall work in a county with a population of at least 25,000 residents but not more than 25,600 residents, a county with a population of at least 17,100 residents but not more than 17,400 residents, and a county with a population of at least 16,600 residents but not more than 16,700 residents to identify, evaluate, and address cases of truancy, student absences from school, and other barriers that make it difficult for students to attend school. The bill appropriates a combined $300,000 from the general fund to the department for FY 2023-2024 and FY 2024-2025 for the social workers. The bill requires the department, in collaboration with the social workers and certain specified persons, to prepare a report evaluating the effectiveness of the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program. The bill establishes the information and recommendations that are to be included in the report. The bill requires the department to submit the report to the general assembly on or before June 30, 2025. The bill provides that the Code section establishing the truancy evaluation and reduction pilot program is repealed July 1, 2025.