Following the guidance of our medical advisors and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles Unified will continue to implement a “response testing” protocol for summer school programs and the 2023-24 school year.

Symptomatic individuals will be sent home with a rapid antigen test kit to test immediately. Positive test results should be uploaded to Daily Pass at dailypass.lausd.net.

Yes. Test results must be valid and should be submitted as soon as possible after the test date; employees and families can upload test results at dailypass.lausd.net.

Indoor masking is recommended. Masking requirements are subject to change with updated guidance from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

"If a student or employee tests positive, the following instructions will be given:

Be sure the test result is uploaded into the Daily Pass.

If a student or employee has symptoms of Covid-19, stay home until at least five days have passed since symptoms first appeared and there is no fever for at least 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medication). Symptoms such as shortness of breath and cough should also improve before going back to a school site. Anyone who has a condition that severely weakens the immune system may need to stay home for longer and should consult with their healthcare provider.

If a student or staff who tests positive is asymptomatic, they still must stay home for at least five days after the positive test result.

A negative antigen test is not required to return days 6-10.

If symptoms return after isolation has ended, the individual should test with an antigen test.

Please refer to LACDPH Isolation Instructions: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/docs/HomeisolationenCoV.pdf

No, a COVID test is not required for employees and students to return to work and school after 5-day isolation. They can end their isolation on Day 6-10, provided any symptoms are improving and they have been fever-free for the past 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.

You are a "close contact" if you shared the same indoor airspace with someone with COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period while they were infectious*.

If you are identified as a close contact, you should monitor your health through Day 10 from the last date of exposure to the positive individual. Testing is recommended between days 3-5. Masking for close contacts is recommended, but not required.

If LACDPH determines that there is an outbreak, the school principal and the Compliance Task Force will follow specific protocols to inform the school community. The principal will communicate all necessary information to the school community, in accordance with LA County Department of Public Health guidelines. To see positive cases at a school site, the Report Card can be accessed here: https://achieve.lausd.net/covidreportcard

Rapid antigen tests are available at all schools and worksites.

If you receive a positive result on an at-home test, please upload a photo of the test result as soon as possible onto the Daily Pass with your full legal name, date of birth, and test date, handwritten on the test or a separate piece of paper next to the test. The OHERS team will review this test and approve or deny it within 24-48 hours. Positive individuals should follow isolation protocols: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/acd/docs/HomeisolationenCoV.pdf

The use of test kits beyond their expiration date is endorsed by the California Department of Public Health. For more information on the emergency extension of expiration dates, please click here.

No. A test result is personal health information and is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and an individual does not have to disclose test results.

Yes, please contact the Help Desk at 213-443-1300 and press 2 for Spanish.

The Daily Pass is an online tool that allows students, parents, employees, and school volunteers to upload test results.