Los Angeles Unified COVID-19 Testing Program

RESPONSE TESTING

Following the guidance of our medical advisors and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health – and subject to changes to Guidelines for COVID-19 Prevention in TK-12 Schools, LAUSD Unified will implement “response testing.”

Individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive will be recommended to test. All testing will be conducted with take-home rapid antigen tests, which are available for students and employees at your school or worksite. All school campuses will also continue to monitor rapid antigen test results and notify individuals if they are a close contact with someone who has tested positive. 

RETURN FROM ISOLATION

Employees and students who tested positive may end their isolation on Days 6-10, provided any symptoms are improving, and they have been fever-free for the past 24 hours without fever-reducing medication; individuals returning from isolation are recommended but not required to take a rapid antigen test before returning. Individuals who are released from isolation days 6-10 must continue to wear a highly protective mask at all times indoors and around others outdoors through Day 10 unless they have two sequential negative tests taken at least a day apart uploaded and approved in Daily Pass. Once approved, they may unmask the following day.