1. The truancy officer may take into custody without warrant any apparently truant child and place the child in the charge of the school principal, or the principal’s designee, designated by the board of directors of the school district in which the child resides, or in the charge of any nonpublic school or any authority providing competent private instruction or independent private instruction as defined in section 299A.1, designated by the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian; but ifit is other than a public school, the instruction and maintenance of the child shall be without expense tothe school district. Ifa child istaken into custody under this section, the truancy officer shall make every reasonable attempt to immediately notify the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child’s location. 2. The truancy officer shall promptly institute proceedings against any person violating any of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5. [S13, §2823-e, -f;C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4420; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.11]
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