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    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 a mobile
    5         panic alert system for specified purposes beginning in
    6         a specified school year; providing requirements for
    7         such system; authorizing public school districts to
    8         implement additional strategies and systems for
    9         specified purposes; requiring the Department of
   10         Education to issue a competitive solicitation to
   11         contract for a mobile panic alert system, subject to
   12         appropriation; requiring the department to consult
   13         with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public
   14         Safety Commission, the Department of Law Enforcement,
   15         and the Division of Emergency Management in the
   16         development of the competitive solicitation; providing
   17         an effective date.
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   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Alyssa’s Law.”
   22         Section 2. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of
   23  section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   24  (f), and a new paragraph (c) and paragraphs (d) and (e) are
   25  added to that subsection, to read:
   26         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
   27  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
   28  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
   29  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
   30  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
   31  welfare of students, including:
   32         (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
   33         (c) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each public
   34  school, including charter schools, shall implement a mobile
   35  panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency
   36  services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between
   37  multiple first responder agencies. Such system, known as
   38  “Alyssa’s Alert,” must integrate with local public safety
   39  answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile
   40  activations.
   41         (d) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (c), a
   42  public school district may implement additional strategies or
   43  systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first
   44  responder agencies in a school security emergency.
   45         (e) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year and subject to the
   46  appropriation of funds in the General Appropriations Act for
   47  this purpose, the department shall issue a competitive
   48  solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that
   49  may be used by each school district. The department shall
   50  consult with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public
   51  Safety Commission, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the
   52  Division of Emergency Management in the development of the
   53  competitive solicitation for the mobile panic alert system.
   54         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.