234.4 - EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS.
234.4 EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN DEPARTMENTAL
PROGRAMS.
If the department of human services has custody or has other
responsibility for a child based upon the child's involvement in a
departmental program involving foster care, preadoption or adoption,
or subsidized guardianship placement and the child is subject to the
compulsory attendance law under chapter 299, the department shall
fulfill the responsibilities outlined in section 299.1 and other
responsibilities under federal and state law regarding the child's
school attendance. As part of fulfilling the responsibilities
described in this section, if the department has custody or other
responsibility for placement and care of a child and the child
transfers to a different school during or immediately preceding the
period of custody or other responsibility, within the first six weeks
of the transfer date the department shall assess the student's degree
of success in adjusting to the different school. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 120, §4