Students and staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) must show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus Jan. 11 regardless of vaccination or booster status, the district announced. “In preparation for schools reopening on January 11, and in light of the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, we are making changes to our health and safety protocols,” the district said in its health guidelines updated Jan. 3. All students and staff must upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test to the district’s DailyPass app to return to campus. External PCR tests, antigen tests, or at-home tests are accepted. Weekly testing will continue for all students and employees through the month of January. The school will provide two tests per student, with COVID-19 at-home rapid self-tests available for K–12 students to pick up at several locations over the weekend, according to the …