House File 229 H-1022 Amend House File 229 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 14 and inserting 2 < 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, in determining whether to 3 grant permission to a school district or accredited nonpublic 4 school to provide primarily continuous remote learning, in 5 addition to the positivity rate in the county which the school 6 district or school is located and the percentage of absenteeism 7 in the school district or school, the department of education 8 shall consider data regarding the number of staff employed 9 by the school district or school who are quarantining due to 10 exposure to COVID-19, who are absent for any other reason, and 11 who have been vaccinated for COVID-19; as well as the scarcity 12 of substitute teachers, school bus drivers, custodians, 13 administrators, associates, and other staff employed by the 14 school district or accredited nonpublic school. > 15 ______________________________ R. SMITH of Black Hawk -1- HF229.144 (1) 89 kh/jh 1/ 1 #1.