88R3134 JTZ-D
 
  By: Thierry H.B. No. 669
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools
  providing panic alert devices in classrooms.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 37.117 to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.117.  PANIC ALERT DEVICE. (a)  Each school district
  and open-enrollment charter school shall provide each classroom in
  the district or school with a panic alert device that allows for
  immediate contact with district or school emergency services or
  emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health
  departments, and fire departments.
         (b)  A panic alert device provided by a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school under this section does not satisfy
  the requirement under Section 37.108(a)(2) for the district or
  school to ensure employees have classroom access to a telephone or
  another electronic communication device.
         (c)  To comply with this section, a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school may:
               (1)  use funds provided to the district or school
  through the school safety allotment under Section 48.115 or other
  available funds; and
               (2)  use the district's or school's customary
  procurement process.
         SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
  school year.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.