JOHNSTON, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday her "Return to Learn" guidelines for school districts looking at county-wide positivity rates are a starting point for the potential to return to the classroom.
"These are guidelines we are using to base on further discussion on when they can move to a classroom or going temporary online within the discussion," Reynolds said.
Many districts have disagreed with the state's 15% positivity level as a benchmark to move classes completely online, saying it's too high.
Dr. Caitlin Pedati with the Iowa Department of Public Health was asked about state guidance for when teachers should stay home if they have the virus.
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Right now, a teacher is allowed to return to work as long as they aren't showing any symptoms and there is a workforce shortage.
"There are some federal allowances for people who have critical roles who have been exposed but remain symptomatic," Pedati said. "And we can do things to allow them to return to critical roles."
You can view the county-by-county positivity rate as reported by IDPH below.
47,020 Iowans have tested positive for the virus and 906 have died as of 9 a.m. Thursday.
On Thursday, the governor's office announced the TestIowa site in Waukee is relocating to West Des Moines after testing concludes there Friday night.
The site, which has been at Waukee South Middle School, will relocate to Lutheran Church of Hope at 925 Jordan Creek Parkway. It'll reopen at its new location Monday at 8:00 a.m.
For a list of TestIowa sites across the state, click here.
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