The Iowa Department of Education announced Friday that practices and games would be suspended for sports if a school goes online. In a statement the department said, "All in-person activities and practices would need to be suspended during the period of 100% remote learning. Offering in-person activities would be incompatible with the goal of mitigating higher rates of virus transmission. Extracurricular activities could still be conducted virtually.” Des Moines Public Schools spokesman Phil Roeder confirmed with KCCI this would likely mean no sports for their district. He said Superintendent Tom Ahart has already made a recommendation to go online full-time. The school board will vote on this decision Monday. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced last month that schools would be required to in class 51% of the time. Last week, she said that if schools didn't plan accordingly, they would be, "defying the law." “I want to be clear,” Reynolds said. “Schools that choose not to return to school for at least 50% in-person instruction are not defying me. They’re defying the law.”For more information on school's return to learn plan, click here. For information on schools delaying their start date, click here.