LA Public Schools to Require COVID Tests for Staff, Students Regardless of Vaccination Status

A YMCA staff member assists a child as they attend online classes at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA, as schools remain closed to in-person instruction, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced this week it will require weekly tests for COVID-19 when students, teachers, and employees return to school in mid-August.

Those tests will be administered to both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, according to a statement posted on the website. Mask-wearing will also be mandated for students, teachers, and other staff.