Florida Senate - 2020              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 70
       
       
       
       
       
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       576-04128-20                                                    
       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Education)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alert systems in public schools;
    3         providing a short title; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.;
    4         requiring each public school to implement an
    5         interoperable mobile panic alert system for specified
    6         purposes beginning in a specified school year;
    7         providing requirements for such system; requiring the
    8         Department of Education to issue a competitive
    9         solicitation to contract for an interoperable mobile
   10         panic alert system for all public schools statewide,
   11         subject to appropriation; requiring the department to
   12         consult with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
   13         Public Safety Commission and the Department of Law
   14         Enforcement in the development of the competitive
   15         solicitation; providing an effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Alyssa’s Law.”
   20         Section 2. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of
   21  section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   22  (f), and a new paragraph (c) and paragraphs (d) and (e) are
   23  added to that subsection, to read:
   24         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
   25  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
   26  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
   27  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
   28  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
   29  welfare of students, including:
   30         (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
   31         (c) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each public
   32  school, including charter schools, shall implement an
   33  interoperable mobile panic alert system capable of connecting
   34  diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time
   35  coordination between multiple first responders. Such system,
   36  known as “Alyssa’s Alert,” must integrate with local public
   37  safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and
   38  mobile device application activations.
   39         (d) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (c), a
   40  public school district may implement additional strategies or
   41  systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first
   42  responders in a school security emergency.
   43         (e) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, subject to the
   44  appropriation of funds in the General Appropriations Act for
   45  this purpose, the department shall issue a competitive
   46  solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system for all
   47  public schools statewide as provided in paragraph (c). The
   48  department shall consult with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
   49  School Public Safety Commission and the Department of Law
   50  Enforcement in the development of the competitive solicitation
   51  for the statewide mobile panic alert system.
   52         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.