Bill Text: IA SF2067 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for excused absences from school for student mental health needs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Behn, and Celsi. S.J. 138. [SF2067 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2067-Introduced.html
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BY
MATHIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
excused
absences
from
school
for
student
1
mental
health
needs.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2067
Section
1.
Section
299.1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
public
3
school
district
and
the
governing
body
of
an
accredited
4
nonpublic
school
shall
adopt
a
policy
permitting
a
student
to
5
take
an
excused
absence
from
school
for
reasons
pertaining
to
6
the
student’s
mental
health
needs.
The
policy
shall
allow
at
7
least
three
such
absences
per
school
year.
The
policy
shall
8
not
require
that
a
student
provide
documentation
concerning
the
9
student’s
mental
health
needs
in
order
to
take
such
an
absence.
10
The
policy
shall
include
a
protocol
for
referring
a
student
11
taking
such
an
absence
to
a
school
counselor,
school
nurse,
or
12
other
appropriate
personnel,
services,
or
resources
available
13
through
the
school
district
or
nonpublic
school
or
through
the
14
community.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
school
boards
and
authorities
in
charge
19
of
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
adopt
a
policy
permitting
20
a
student
to
take
an
excused
absence
from
school
for
reasons
21
pertaining
to
the
student’s
mental
health
needs.
The
policy
22
shall
allow
at
least
three
such
absences
per
school
year
23
and
shall
not
require
that
a
student
provide
documentation
24
concerning
the
student’s
mental
health
needs
in
order
to
25
take
such
an
absence.
The
policy
shall
include
a
protocol
26
for
referring
a
student
taking
such
an
absence
to
a
school
27
counselor,
school
nurse,
or
other
appropriate
personnel,
28
services,
or
resources
available
through
the
school
district
or
29
nonpublic
school
or
through
the
community.
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