Item Coversheet

Action Item - 19.

Title: Memorandum of Understanding with Wellness Coaches U.S.A. for Employee COVID-19 Testing (Added 2.19.21)

Board of Education Meeting Date:
  2/25/2021

Action under consideration

 The Administration recommends that the Board of Education authorize The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, to execute and perform a Memorandum of Understanding, as follows:

 With:
Wellness Coaches USA, LLC  

 Purpose: 
To provide on-site asymptomatic employee COVID-19 testing for District work sites

 Start date: 3/1/2021

 End date: 6/15/2021
 Location: 
All Schools; Administrative Office(s)


 Renewal Options:  No

 Description:
This action will enable the School District to provide on-site employee COVID-19 testing capabilities to ensure a layered strategy to increase safety for students and staff. The District’s decisions on protocols and procedures for testing are informed by recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as other public health and medical professionals with whom we’ve consulted. No charges will be billed to the District directly as all costs will be sent through medical insurance.

 Office Originating Request: Talent