LAUSD Distributes COVID-19 Test Kits Before Students Return to Campus

A girl receives a self-administered COVID-19 test kit at a screening center at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center Campus in South Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2021, as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the country. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—As Omicron cases surge, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which is requiring all staff and students to get tested for COVID-19 before school begins on Jan. 11, distributed at-home testing kits to students over the weekend.

The LAUSD announced on Jan. 4 that all students and staff must test negative for COVID-19—regardless of vaccination or booster status—before the spring semester starts.