The system will also be used “to notify close contacts of a person who has tested positive.” The system will remain in general use, allowing students to upload the results of “response testing” or vaccination records. Students also will no longer be required to update their health and testing status on the district’s Daily Pass system to access campuses each day. That testing can be done with take-home rapid antigen tests.
“Instead of requiring every student and employee to test weekly with a PCR test, only those who are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, or who have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive, will be required to test,” according to the district.
LAUSD will employ a “response testing” protocol for the school year that begins Aug. Mask-wearing will still be only strongly recommended indoors, and the district’s COVID vaccination requirement for students remains on hold until at least next year.
Most notably, students and staff will no longer need to undergo weekly COVID testing. LOS ANGELES (CNS) - With the start of classes less than two weeks away, Los Angeles Unified School District officials reiterated to parents Tuesday that many of the hard-line COVID-19-control measures that have been in effect over the past year are being dropped.