Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1492 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly A Bill 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1492 3
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7	7	By: Representative Gramlich 5
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10	10	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
11	11	AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 9
12	12	OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO PROVIDE ALL 10
13	13	SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WITH A WEARABLE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM 11
14	14	DEVICE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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17	17	Subtitle 15
18	18	TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 16
19	19	AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER 17
20	20	SCHOOL TO PROVIDE ALL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES 18
21	21	WITH A WEARABLE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM 19
22	22	DEVICE. 20
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24	24	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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26	26	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 15, Subchapter 13, is 24
27	27	amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 25
28	28	6-15-1306. Wearable panic alert system — Required. 26
29	29	(a) Beginning with the 2025 -2026 school year, the board of directors 27
30	30	of each public school district and the governing authority of each open -28
31	31	enrollment public charter school shall implement a wearable panic alert 29
32	32	system in each public school within its public school district or open -30
33	33	enrollment public charter school system. 31
34	34	(b) The wearable panic alert system required under this section shall: 32
35	35	(1) Integrate with local Public Safety Answering Point 33
36	36	infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations; and 34
37	37	(2) Initiate a campus -wide lockdown notification. 35
38	38	(c) Each public school district and open -enrollment public charter 36 HB1492
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41	41	school shall provide each individual employed by the public school district 1
42	42	or open-enrollment public charter school with a wearable panic alert device 2
43	43	that allows the individual to immediately contact local emergency response 3
44	44	agencies. 4
45	45	(d) Before the first day of school of each school year, each public 5
46	46	school district board of directors and governing authority of an open -6
47	47	enrollment public charter school shall ensure that all school employees 7
48	48	receive training on the protocol for and appropriate use of the panic alert 8
49	49	device. 9
50	50	(e)(1) Each public school district and open -enrollment public charter 10
51	51	school shall: 11
52	52	(A) Ensure that all security data within the public school 12
53	53	district or open-enrollment public charter school is accessible by a local 13
54	54	law enforcement agency; and 14
55	55	(B) Coordinate with local law enforcement agencies to 15
56	56	establish appropriate access protocols with respect to security data. 16
57	57	(2) Accessible security under subdivision (e)(1) of this section 17
58	58	includes cameras, maps, and access control. 18
59	59	(f)(1) Any records, information, photographs, audio and visual 19
60	60	representations, schematic diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or 20
61	61	consultations or portions of consultations, that relate directly to the 21
62	62	physical security or fire safety of a public school district or an open -22
63	63	enrollment public charter school facility or reveal security or fire safety 23
64	64	systems that are accessed or held by a government agency are not public 24
65	65	records and not available for public inspection under the Freedom of 25
66	66	Information Act of 1967, § 25 -19-101 et seq. 26
67	67	(2) Information under subdivision (f)(1) of this section may be 27
68	68	disclosed: 28
69	69	(A) To the property owner or leaseholder of the public 29
70	70	school district or open -enrollment public charter school facility; 30
71	71	(B) In furtherance of the official duties and 31
72	72	responsibilities of the government agency that holds the information; 32
73	73	(C) To another local, state, or federal agency in 33
74	74	furtherance of that agency's official duties and responsibilities; or 34
75	75	(D) Upon a showing of good cause before a court of 35
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