Amend House File 215 as follows:
   1.  Page 47, after line 11 by inserting: 

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STAFFING RATIOS FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, AND NURSES
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.11A, Code 2013, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   256.11A  Staffing ratios for guidance counselors, librarians, and nurses.
   The department, in collaboration with area education agencies, the board of educational examiners, and approved practitioner preparation programs, and other appropriate stakeholders, shall require school districts, notwithstanding section 256.11, subsections 9, 9A, and 9B, to implement the recommendations of nationally recognized experts and organizations for student-to-school-counselor ratios, student-to-school nurse ratios, and student-to-school librarian ratios. School districts may apply to the department for reimbursement for the additional costs of implementing the recommendations in accordance with this section. The expenses of implementing the recommendations pursuant to this section shall be paid from the funds appropriated annually to the department.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MASCHER of Johnson