S E N A T E A M E N D M E N T

   AMENDMENT NO. _____

310896031496000/DG

April 22, 2026

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Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.5126  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/21/26-S.)

04572000 

 Senators SABB, STUBBS, and ZELL propose the following amendment (DG PANIC V.2):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 312, after line 24, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (SDE: Panic button) (A) From the funds appropriated to the department, each public school district and charter school in the State:

 (1) shall, under the direction of the department, acquire and implement in each school a mobile panic alert system that:

  (a) connects disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and state law enforcement and first responder agencies;

  (b) integrates with existing technology found in each local public safety answering-point infrastructure, as defined in Section 23-47-10, to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations; and

  (c) provides initial training to all public resource officers and public school personnel, who work in the districts where the systems are utilized, on the proper use of the panic button alert system;

 (2) ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency; and

 (3) shall utilize the school mapping data program provided by the State to implement a mobile panic alert system required by this section. School mapping data must be made available to any vendor that meets the requirements of subsection (A)(1).

 (B) The department, in consultation with the State Law Enforcement Division and the Department of Public Safety, shall identify vendors of systems that satisfy the requirements of subsection (A)(1) for use by school districts and shall make this list of vendors available to schools no later than the end of the current fiscal year.

 (C) This proviso does not apply to any district or school that has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet the requirements of subsection (A)(1).  /

 Renumber sections to conform.

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.