Bill Text: MI HB4241 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: school districts; panic alarm; require that each school building is equipped with at least 1. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1308c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4242'23
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/09/2023 [HB4241 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4241-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4241
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1308c.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1308c. (1) The board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that each school building operated by the board or board of directors is equipped with at least 1 panic alarm for use in a school security emergency, including, but not limited to, a nonfire evacuation, a lockdown, or an active-shooter situation. The panic alarm described in this subsection must be directly linked to the local law enforcement agency that is designated as a first responder for the school building in which the panic alarm is included, and the panic alarm must be capable of immediately transmitting a signal or message to the local law enforcement agency upon its activation.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Panic alarm" means a silent security system signal generated by the manual activation, either virtually from a phone or computer system or nonvirtually, of a device or an alternative mechanism intended to communicate life-threatening or emergency situations that require a response from law enforcement to law enforcement.
(b) "School building" means a building in which instruction takes place or where pupils are present during the school day.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4242 (request no. 00423'23 *) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
