32096. (a) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. school serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(b) The State Department of Public Health shall continue administering those coordinate COVID-19 testing programs in local educational
agencies serving pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that are currently funded by federal resources and or organized under the California COVID-19 Testing Task Force. The In coordinating these COVID-19 testing programs, the State Department of Public Health shall administer provide supportive services related to the local
educational agency testing plans described in subdivision (e) and testing programs for teachers, staff, and pupils pupils, and surrounding communities that help local educational agencies reopen and keep local educational agencies operating safely for in-person learning. These supportive services shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Technical assistance.
(2) Vendor support.
(3) Guidance.
(4) Monitoring.
(5) Testing education.
(c) The State Department of Public Health shall expand its contagious, infectious, or communicable disease testing and other public health mitigation efforts to include prekindergarten, onsite after school programs, and childcare centers.
(d) If the state secures additional federal funds through the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases Program for the purposes of COVID-19 testing in local educational agencies, any federal funds shall be expended before
allocating state funds for the purposes described in subdivisions (b) and (c).
(e) (1) Each local educational agency shall create a COVID-19 testing plan that is consistent with guidance from the State Department of Public Health.
(2) (A) Each local educational agency shall designate one staff member to report information on its COVID-19 testing program to the State Department of Public Health.
(B) Each school within a school district shall designate one staff member to report information on its COVID-19 testing program to the school district.
(C) Each school within a school district may name a staff member
to lead its COVID-19 testing program.
(3) All COVID-19 testing data shall be in a format that facilitates a simple process by which parents and local educational agencies may report data to the State Department of Public Health.
(f) The State Department of Public Health shall determine which COVID-19 tests are appropriate for use for the testing programs described in this section.
(g) Implementation of the provisions of this section are contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose.