119-HR1524

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1524

1. Short title
2. Requiring silent alarms in schools

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Alyssa’s Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act" or the "ALYSSA Act".

2. Requiring silent alarms in schools

(a) Local educational agency plans - Section 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended—

(1) - in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(III), by striking "and" at the end;

(2) - in paragraph (6), by striking "and" at the end;

(3) - in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

(4) - by adding at the end the following:

(8) - ensure that each school served by the local educational agency is prepared to address a school security emergency, including through the use of panic alarms (as defined in section 8549D).

(b) Condition of receipt of funds - Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

8549D. School security

(a) In general - As a condition of receipt of funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall ensure that each elementary school and secondary school served by such local educational agency is equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emergency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation).

(b) Panic alarm defined - For purposes of this section and section 1112(c)(8), the term panic alarm means a silent security system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life-threatening or emergency situation requiring a response from law enforcement.