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HOUSE
FILE
2127
BY
JONES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
parent,
legal
guardian,
and
legal
custodian
1
attendance
in
court-ordered
classes
due
to
the
actions
of
2
the
parent’s,
legal
guardian’s,
or
legal
custodian’s
child,
3
and
providing
penalties.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
232.52B
Parental
participation
in
1
classes.
2
1.
If
a
child
is
adjudicated
to
have
committed
a
delinquent
3
act,
and
the
child
is
ordered
by
the
court
to
attend
a
class
as
4
a
part
of
the
child’s
dispositional
order,
then
the
court
shall
5
order
the
child’s
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
to
6
attend
the
class
with
the
child.
7
2.
If
a
child
has
been
adjudicated
to
have
committed
a
8
delinquent
act
three
or
more
times,
the
court
shall
require
the
9
child’s
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
to
attend
a
10
parental
responsibility
class.
11
3.
A
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
who
fails
to
12
comply
with
this
section
commits
a
public
offense.
13
a.
A
first
offense
is
a
simple
misdemeanor
and
a
conviction
14
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
ten
days
or
a
fine
of
15
up
to
one
hundred
dollars.
The
court
may
order
the
parent,
16
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
to
perform
not
more
than
17
forty
hours
of
unpaid
community
service
instead
of
a
fine
or
18
confinement.
19
b.
A
second
offense
is
a
serious
misdemeanor
and
a
20
conviction
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
twenty
days,
21
or
a
fine
of
up
to
five
hundred
dollars,
or
both
a
fine
and
22
confinement.
The
court
may
order
the
parent,
legal
guardian,
23
or
legal
custodian
to
perform
unpaid
community
service
instead
24
of
a
fine
or
confinement.
25
c.
A
third
or
subsequent
offense
is
a
serious
misdemeanor
26
and
a
conviction
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
thirty
27
days,
a
fine
of
up
to
one
thousand
dollars,
or
both.
The
28
court
may
order
the
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
29
to
perform
unpaid
community
service
instead
of
a
fine
or
30
confinement.
31
4.
If
a
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
has
made
32
a
good-faith
effort
to
comply
with
this
section,
the
parent,
33
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
may
file
an
affidavit
34
listing
the
good-faith
effort
made
by
the
parent,
legal
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guardian,
or
legal
custodian.
Upon
court
approval
of
the
1
affidavit,
the
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
shall
2
not
be
criminally
liable
for
noncompliance.
3
5.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
a
parent
who
does
4
not
have
physical
care
of
the
parent’s
child,
and
shall
not
5
apply
to
a
legal
guardian
or
a
legal
custodian
who
is
not
an
6
individual.
7
6.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
this
8
section.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
10
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
11
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
x.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
12
requirements
of
section
279.89
relating
to
reverse
punitive
13
measures.
14
Sec.
3.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
15
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
16
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
v.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
17
requirements
of
section
279.89
relating
to
reverse
punitive
18
measures.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
parent,
legal
guardian,
and
legal
23
custodian
attendance
in
school
and
court-ordered
classes
due
24
to
the
actions
of
the
parent’s,
legal
guardian’s,
or
legal
25
custodian’s
child.
26
The
bill
requires
a
child’s
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
27
legal
custodian
(parent)
to
attend
a
class
with
the
child
if
28
the
child
was
ordered
by
a
juvenile
court
to
attend
the
class
29
as
a
part
of
the
child’s
juvenile
delinquency
dispositional
30
order.
If
a
child
has
been
adjudicated
to
have
committed
a
31
delinquent
act
three
or
more
times,
the
juvenile
court
shall
32
require
the
child’s
parent
to
attend
a
parental
responsibility
33
class.
A
parent
failing
to
attend
a
class
as
ordered
by
a
34
juvenile
court
commits
a
public
offense.
A
first
offense
is
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a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
10
1
days
or
a
fine
of
up
to
$100;
a
second
offense
is
a
serious
2
misdemeanor
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
20
days,
a
fine
3
of
up
to
$500,
or
both;
and
a
third
or
subsequent
offense
is
4
a
serious
misdemeanor
punishable
by
confinement
for
up
to
30
5
days,
a
fine
of
up
to
$1,000,
or
both.
A
court
may
order
the
6
parent,
legal
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
to
perform
unpaid
7
community
service
instead
of
a
fine
or
confinement
for
any
8
offense.
A
parent
that
submits
an
affidavit
showing
the
parent
9
has
made
a
good-faith
effort
to
comply
with
the
bill
shall
not
10
be
criminally
liable
under
the
bill
upon
court
approval
of
the
11
affidavit.
Court-ordered
attendance
does
not
apply
to
a
parent
12
who
does
not
have
physical
care
of
the
parent’s
child,
and
does
13
not
apply
to
a
legal
guardian
or
a
legal
custodian
who
is
not
14
an
individual.
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