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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1524 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require |
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| 6 | 6 | | silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | OTTHEIMER(for himself, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. DAVISof North Caro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lina, and Mr. T |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONYGONZALESof Texas) introduced the following bill; |
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| 14 | 14 | | which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
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| 17 | 17 | | of 1965 to require silent alarms in elementary schools |
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| 18 | 18 | | and secondary schools, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alyssa’s Legacy Youth 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | in Schools Safety Alert Act’’ or the ‘‘ALYSSA Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) L |
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| 26 | 26 | | OCALEDUCATIONALAGENCYPLANS.—Section 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended— 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 1524 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(III), by striking 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘and’’ at the end; 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | end; 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(8) ensure that each school served by the local 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | educational agency is prepared to address a school 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | security emergency, including through the use of 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | panic alarms (as defined in section 8549D).’’. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) C |
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| 44 | 44 | | ONDITION OFRECEIPT OFFUNDS.—Subpart 2 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amend-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ed by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | NGENERAL.—As a condition of receipt of 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ensure that each elementary school and secondary school 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | served by such local educational agency is equipped with 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emer-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | gency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | shooter situation). 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 58 | 58 | | ANICALARMDEFINED.—For purposes of this 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | section and section 1112(c)(8), the term ‘panic alarm’ 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 1524 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | means a silent security system signal generated by the 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | manual activation of a device intended to signal a life- 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | threatening or emergency situation requiring a response 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | from law enforcement.’’. 4 |
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