COVID Testing. Used in combination with other mitigation strategies, COVID testing is an additional strategy to support safer in-person instruction. Testing may allow for early identification of cases and exclusion from school to prevent transmission. A negative test provides information only for the moment in time when the sample is collected. Individuals may become infectious shortly after having a negative test, therefore we must maintain all other public health mitigation strategies already in practice. Before students return to school sites for in-person assessments, the District shall provide voluntary COVID testing to all students and staff assigned to return to any school or worksite. The District shall continue to make free voluntary COVID testing available to students and staff during normal work hours with every effort made to ensure result turnaround time within forty-eight (48) hours of testing. In alignment with the CDPH School Guidance outlining testing cadences, the District shall continue testing students and staff at least every two (2) weeks while Sacramento County remains in the red tier or higher. Non-District staff shall be tested at the same cadence as District staff for so long as non-District personnel are providing services at the school or District site where District personnel will come into contact with non-District personnel. The District shall also adhere to CDPH School Guidance and Cal-OSHA testing requirements during an “outbreak” (3 or more COVID cases at a Cal-OSHA defined exposed workplace per 14- day period) and a “major outbreak” (20 or more COVID cases at a Cal-OSHA defined exposed workplace per 30 days) that call for immediate testing and weekly tests for employees during an outbreak, and immediate testing and twice weekly testing for employees during a major outbreak, among other measures. Symptomatic and response testing will be provided as needed or indicated.
COVID Testing. Effective January 1, 2021, the County will provide employees 30 minutes of paid time if required to report to the workplace for mandatory MDH testing on a scheduled day off.
COVID Testing. As State and County testing guidelines and directives evolve, the District shall comply with current guidelines. Before students return to school sites for in-person learning, the District shall provide COVID testing to all students and staff assigned to return to any school or worksite. The District shall continue to make free COVID testing available to students and staff during normal work hours at each school and worksite that is open, with every effort made to ensure result turnaround time within forty-eight (48) hours of testing. Through June 30, 2021, the District shall provide testing as follows:
1. While the county risk level for Sacramento is in the red tier as defined in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, the District shall continue asymptomatic testing students and staff at least every two (2) weeks.
2. While the county risk level for Sacramento is in the yellow or orange tier as defined in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, the District shall continue to make asymptomatic testing available to all staff and 20% of students reporting to a work or school site every two weeks.
3. The District shall provide for non-District personnel to be tested at the same cadence as District staff for so long as non-District personnel are providing services at the school or District site where District personnel will come into contact with non-District personnel.
COVID Testing. This Memorandum of Agreement is in effect from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 between Xxxxxx County and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 5, representing Locals 8 (General County), 8 (Professional), 8 (Public Health Registered Nurses), 151 (Social Services Department, Financial Assistance Services Department, and the Administrative Division of the Health and Wellness Services Team) 151 (Licensed Practical Nurses), 151 (Workforce Solutions), 707 (Lake Owasso Residence), 1076 (Xxxxxx County Care Center), and 1935 (Parks & Recreation), (collectively “the union”) agree to the following. The County will provide employees thirty (30) minutes of paid time if the employee is required to report to the workplace for mandatory Minnesota Department of Health testing on a scheduled day off.
COVID Testing a. All bargaining unit members shall be provided the opportunity for free district or free county offered COVID testing.
b. The District shall post on the District webpage a list of available testing sites, including those offered on school site/district locations, on a monthly basis.
c. Periodic COVID Screening and Testing shall be provided in accordance with applicable guidance and requirements.
d. The District shall encourage 100% of staff, per week, to get tested either through the employee’s primary care physician, the TRUSD COVID testing site, County offered testing sites, or a community testing site.
COVID Testing. Bargaining Unit Members experiencing COVID-19 symptoms will be asked to leave campus and obtain a COVID-19 test, and will not have pay or leave time deducted. COVID-19 testing, shall be available free of charge for all Bargaining Unit Members at any of the District’s testing sites. The district will identify and publicize any local testing sites that are open after hours and/or weekends. Staff members shall be given priority in lines at the District’s COVID testing centers. The District shall provide one take-home Antigen COVID test kit per week upon request for all Bargaining Unit Members, The District shall provide one test kit for Bargaining Unit Members and TK-12 students before vacations lasting one week or more through June 30, 2022. The District shall notify SLTA in the case that it is unable to obtain sufficient supply of take-home COVID tests and provide documentation. Families shall be requested to inform the district of any positive COVID test result before returning in-person to campus.
COVID Testing. HSD is a pilot district in Washington State receiving technical support from the Health Commons Project to implement COVID testing.
i. Testing is available for HPS staff and students, it is not required ii. To start, testing will be rolled out and deployed to a school/facility site upon notification of a positive COVID test on campus
COVID Testing a. Regardless of vaccination status, the District shall strongly encourage all employees, all students, and all volunteers who regularly visit campuses to participate in weekly COVID testing provided by the District or, subject to public health regulations, may submit weekly results from COVID-19 tests administered by an agency other than the one utilized by the District.
b. The District shall ensure that all students who are registered for the District’s weekly COVID-19 testing program will receive a weekly COVID- 19 test unless the student is absent for the week.
c. The District shall provide all parents and guardians an Informed Consent for Periodic Testing form for parents and guardians to register their students in the District’s weekly COVID-19 testing program, and the District shall ensure that each students’ parent/guardian either registers or confirms that they are “opting-out” by November 1, 2021. In addition, the District shall provide parents/guardians a method to change their registration status at any time. Testing shall occur on each campus and worksite from 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COVID Testing. Highline's COVID test team is trained and available to test Highline staff and students. The COVID test team can be sent to a school or worksite upon being informed of a positive COVID case. The team can test students and staff who were exposed. The tests are available to any staff or student who may have been exposed to COVID. Testing is not mandatory. The COVID response and testing team will continue to work with schools and sites when impacted by COVID to determine contact tracing, who needs to quarantine and when they can return. HEA and HSD will continue to discuss testing models as additional research about testing model effectiveness emerges.
COVID Testing. Unless expanded by local or state health orders:
A. Employees experiencing COVID symptoms or part of a COVID quarantine protocol are required to test.
B. Beginning with implementation of the August 11, 2021 state health order, unvaccinated school staff are required to test weekly (See Side Letter on Mandatory Vaccination or Testing).
C. Staff will be expected to test prior to returning to in person instruction after school breaks. (for example Fall Break, Winter Break, Spring Break). Employees are strongly encouraged to test prior to returning from break but no later than the day of return from break. If the District requires this testing, unit members will be expected to test the day they return to duty on campus from leave prior to student’s returning to instruction (for example on Monday October 5, 2021), or may instead test up to 72 hours prior to returning to duty and may submit for up to 2 hours of after school activities extra duty pay along with their test result. District shall provide testing opportunities within this window for employees to test at a District location, though the employee is not required to test at a district location if it is outside their duty calendar.
D. Where testing is required, proof of test will be provided by employee to their supervisor.
E. CDPH, CDC and local health agency are recommending a frequent staff testing cadence, especially for non-vaccinated individuals. Except as set forth above, staff will be strongly recommended to test frequently at district or county provided testing locations. Testing will be provided at no cost to employees and during work hours so long as this recommended testing cadence continues.
