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HISD campus nurses are currently receiving the necessary training to administer the tests. HISD will begin receiving a monthly allotment of COVID-19 Rapid Tests to cover all campus-based staff and a percentage of the district's student enrollment as early as next week.

The tests will be optional, but all staff who work on a campus will be encouraged to participate in the program. The district will be provided with the resources to test campus-based staff and a percentage of students (with permission from parents) to reduce the risk of spread in school communities. The program will offer COVID-19 Rapid Testing at no cost to students and district employees. "The Houston Independent School District has been approved to participate in the COVID-19 Rapid Testing program in collaboration with the Texas Education Agency and Texas Division of Emergency Management. TEA says more than 360,000 tests have been requested so far.

It works quite well in symptomatic individuals," Petrosino, chair of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, said. "It's fairly accurate, both in terms of positivity and also not in generating false negatives. Joseph Petrosino with Baylor College of Medicine says the Abbott test is a good one. Now, rapid testing will join the list.ĭr. With more students now back in the classroom, districts have many safety protocols in place, like social distancing and cleaning. However, many insurance plans will no longer cover at-home COVID-19 tests as of May 2023, according to the pharmacys website. RELATED: 8 Texas school systems will get rapid coronavirus tests with new pilot program The idea of the program is to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As of Friday, 206 school systems had applied to participate in the program. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - The state has seen a great response to its Rapid Test Program statewide. We serve patients from Katy TX, Cinco Ranch TX, Richmond TX, Houston TX, Cypress TX, Fulshear TX, Memorial City TX, and Sugarland TX and surrounding areas. In the video above HISD explains why they are starting to use rapid teting with students and staff members.