32096. (a) For purposes of this section, “local the following definitions apply:
(1) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(2) “Local health department” means either a city or county health department.
(b) The State Department of Public Health shall coordinate COVID-19 testing programs in local educational agencies funded by federal resources or organized under the California COVID-19 Testing Task Force. In coordinating these COVID-19 testing programs, the State Department of Public Health shall provide supportive services related to the local educational agency testing plans described in subdivision (e) and testing programs for teachers, staff, 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 agency, after consulting with its local health department regarding any local guidance or best practices from the Safe Schools for All Hub, 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 may 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. Health, or to a local health department.
(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.