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