Bill Details
HR.1524 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced Date
2025-02-24
Policy Area
Education
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (20)
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-Florida-23]
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-North Carolina-1]
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-Texas-23]
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-Georgia-4]
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-Texas-29]
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-California-21]
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-Florida-26]
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-New York-17]
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-Texas-4]
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-Massachusetts-9]
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-California-9]
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-Pennsylvania-1]
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-Georgia-6]
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-Hawaii-2]
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-South Carolina-1]
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-Florida-27]
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-Florida-25]
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-Nebraska-2]
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-New Jersey-7]
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-Iowa-3]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would require elementary and secondary schools to have at least one silent panic alarm so staff can quickly call for help during a serious emergency. The alarms would be used in situations like a lockdown, a non-fire evacuation, or an active shooter event. Schools would have to be prepared to handle school security emergencies, and this would become a condition for receiving certain federal education funds.
- Each local school district would need to make sure every elementary and secondary school it serves has at least one panic alarm.
- The alarm must be a silent security system signal that is turned on manually when there is a life-threatening emergency.
- The silent alarm is meant to alert law enforcement and other responders without warning the person causing the danger.
- School district plans under federal education law would also need to include readiness for school security emergencies.
Official Summaries
Alyssa's Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act or the ALYSSA Act
This bill requires each local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA is equipped with at least one silent panic alarm for use in a school security emergency.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1524 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1524
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require
silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
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.''.
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