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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to require that all elementary and secondary schools receiving federal education funds be equipped with at least one panic alarm. A panic alarm is defined as a silent security system signal activated manually to alert law enforcement to a life-threatening emergency, such as an active shooter situation, lockdown, or non-fire evacuation. Schools would be required to include panic alarms in their school security emergency preparedness plans as a condition of receiving federal education funding. Local educational agencies would be responsible for ensuring each school they serve has this equipment in place.
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Sponsor (1)
23 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL)
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX)
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI)
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL)
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Josh Gottheimer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BLACKSTONE $116,700
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
- KKR & CO INC. $50,600
- CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
- FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Gottheimer → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Feb 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 24, 2025
Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, and Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Alyssa’s Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act” or the “ALYSSA Act”.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS.
(a) Local Educational Agency Plans.—Section 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(III), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking “and” at the end;
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(8) ensure that each school served by the local educational agency is prepared to address a school security emergency, including through the use of panic alarms (as defined in section 8549D).”.
(b) Condition of Receipt of Funds.—Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY.
“(a) In General.—As a condition of receipt of funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall ensure that each elementary school and secondary school served by such local educational agency is equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emergency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation).
“(b) Panic Alarm Defined.—For purposes of this section and section 1112(c)(8), the term ‘panic alarm’ means a silent security system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life-threatening or emergency situation requiring a response from law enforcement.”. <all>
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