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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 23 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to panic alarms in public schools;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 23 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to panic alarms in public schools;
requiring each public school, including charter schools, to implement a mobile panic button system for specified purposes;
requiring each public school campus to be equipped with a panic alarm for specified purposes;
providing requirements for such system;
providing panic alarm requirements;
providing an appropriation;
providing Department of Education requirements for such appropriation;
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.— (c) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each public elementary, middle, and high school campus, including charter Page 1 of 2 CODING:
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.— (c) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each public elementary, middle, and high school campus, including charter schools, must be equipped with a panic alarm for use in a life- threatening emergency, including active shooter and hostage situations.
The panic alarm must immediately transmit a signal Page 1 of 2 CODING:
hb0023-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 23 2020 schools, must implement a mobile panic button system with interoperability capability to connect diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responders.
hb0023-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 23 2020 or message upon activation of a device to report a life- threatening emergency situation to a public safety answering point, as defined in s.
Such system, which shall be referred to as "Alyssa's Alert," shall integrate with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile device application activations.
365.172(3), to deploy appropriate first responders to the school.
School employees must be able to activate the panic alarm from any building or other location on the campus.
For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the sum of $8 million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Education to implement the mobile panic button system required in s.
1006.07(4)(c), Florida Statutes.
The department shall issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a statewide mobile panic button system that can be used by all school districts at no cost to the school district.
The department shall consult with the school safety specialists designated pursuant to s.
1006.07(6), Florida Statutes, in the development of the competitive solicitation for the statewide mobile panic button system.
Section 4.
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