233B.1 - DEFINITIONS -- PURPOSE -- POPULATION LIMIT. - Iowa Statutes

233B.1 DEFINITIONS -- PURPOSE -- POPULATION LIMIT. 1. For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Administrator" or "director" means the director of the department of human services. b. "Home" means the Iowa juvenile home. c. "Superintendent" means the superintendent of the Iowa juvenile home. 2. The Iowa juvenile home shall be maintained for the purpose of providing care, custody, and education of the children committed to the home. The children shall be wards of the state. The children's education shall embrace instruction in the common school branches and in such other higher branches as may be practical and will enable the children to gain useful and self-sustaining employment. The administrator and the superintendent of the home shall assist all discharged children in securing suitable homes and proper employment. 3. The number of children present at any one time at the Iowa juvenile home shall not exceed the population guidelines established under 1990 Iowa Acts, chapter 1239, section 21, as adjusted for subsequent changes in the capacity at the home.          Section History: Early Form [C97, § 2689; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3698, 3706; C46, § 243.1, 244.1; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 244.1]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 90 Acts, ch 1239, § 19 C93, § 233B.1 2005 Acts, ch 175, §103