Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 233A · 16 active provisions
1. Effective January 1, 1992, a diagnosis and evaluation center and other units are established at the state training school to provide court-committed male juvenile delinquents a program which focuses upon appropriate developmental skills, treatment, placements, and rehabilitation. 2. The diagnosis and evaluation cent…
The superintendent has charge and custody of the juveniles committed to the state training school. The superintendent shall administer the state training school and direct the staff in order to provide a positive living experience designed to prepare the juveniles for a productive future.
The salary of the superintendent of the state training school shall be determined by the director.
The state training school shall provide a positive living experience for older juveniles who require secure custody and who live at the state training school for an extended period of time. The education and training programs provided to the juveniles shall reflect the age level and extended period of stay by focusing…
The procedure for the commitment of children to the state training school, except as otherwise provided, shall be the same as provided in chapter 232.
Members of the executive council, the attorney general, the lieutenant governor, members of the general assembly, judges of the supreme and district court and court of appeals, magistrates, county attorneys, and persons ordained or designated as regular leaders of a religious community may visit the state training scho…
All children committed to and received in the state training school may be placed by the department under foster care arrangements, with any persons or in families of good standing and character where the children will be properly cared for and educated. The cost of foster care provided under these arrangements shall b…
A child placed in foster care as provided in section 233A.7 shall be placed under articles of agreement, approved by the director and signed by the person or persons providing foster care and by the superintendent. The articles of agreement shall provide for the custody, care, education, maintenance, and earnings of th…
If a child placed in foster care as provided in section 233A.7 is not given the care, education, treatment, and maintenance required by the articles of agreement, the director may return the child to the state training school, place the child in a different foster care placement, or release or finally discharge the chi…
It shall be unlawful for any parent or other person not a party to the placing of a child in foster care to interfere in any manner or assume or exercise any control over the child or the child’s earnings. The child’s earnings shall be used, held, or otherwise applied for the exclusive benefit of the child, in accordan…
In case legal proceedings are necessary to enforce any right conferred on any child by sections 233A.7 through 233A.10, the county attorney of the county in which such proceedings should be instituted shall, on the request of the superintendent, subject to the approval of the director, institute and carry out the proce…
The director may at any time after one year’s service order the discharge or parole of any inmate as a reward for good conduct, and may, in exceptional cases, discharge or parole inmates without regard to the length of their service or conduct, when satisfied that the reasons for the discharge or parole are urgent and…
The discharge of an inmate as reformed or having arrived at eighteen years of age, shall be a complete release from all penalties incurred by the conviction for the offense upon which the child was committed to the school.
The director may transfer minor wards of the state to the state training school from any institution under the director’s control, but a person shall not be transferred who has a mental illness or an intellectual disability. Any child in the state training school who has a mental illness or an intellectual disability m…
1. The director may assign children from the state training school deemed trustworthy, to perform services for the department of natural resources within the state parks, state game and forest areas, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources shall…
If a child receives unearned income, the department shall reserve a portion of the unearned income for the use of the child as a personal allowance and apply the remaining portion to the cost of the child’s custody, care, and maintenance provided pursuant to this chapter.