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S.B. 313 Bill Analysis
135th General Assembly
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Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsor: Sen. Reynolds
Effective date:
Mariah M. Parr, Attorney
SUMMARY
▪ Requires each public and chartered nonpublic school to, beginning with the 2025-2026
school year, implement a wearable panic alert system at each school facility.
▪ Appropriates $25 million in FY 2026 to reimburse school districts and chartered nonpublic
schools for the cost of implementing wearable panic alert systems.
▪ Entitles the bill as Alyssa’s Law.
DETAILED ANALYSIS
Panic alert systems
Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the bill requires each school district and
chartered nonpublic school to implement a wearable panic alert system at each school facility.1
Community schools, STEM schools, and college-preparatory boarding schools must comply with
the bill’s requirements in the same manner as a school district.2
Panic alert systems must be capable of integrating with local public safety answering point
infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations and initiating a campus-wide
lockdown notification.
The bill requires each district or school to provide each staff person in a school facility
with a wearable panic alert device that allows for immediate contact with local emergency
response agencies. Prior to the first day of school each year, each district or school must ensure
1 R.C. 3313.88.
2 R.C. 3314.03(A)(11)(d), 3326.11, and 3328.24.
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that all school facility personnel receive training on the protocol for and appropriate use of the
panic alert device.
Under the bill, each district or school must also ensure that all security data within a
school facility is accessible by a local law enforcement agency and coordinate with the local law
enforcement agency to establish appropriate access protocols. Accessible security data includes
cameras, maps, and access control.
Any records, information, photographs, audio and visual presentations, schematic
diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or consultations or portions thereof relating directly to the
physical security or fire safety of a school facility or revealing security or fire safety systems, that
are accessed or held by an agency under the bill are confidential and are not public records.
However, information made confidential under the bill may be disclosed: (1) to the
property owner or leaseholder of the school facility, (2) in furtherance of the official duties and
responsibilities of the agency holding the information, (3) to another local, state, or federal
agency in furtherance of that agency’s official duties and responsibilities, or (4) upon a showing
of good cause before a court of competent jurisdiction.
The bill permits the Department of Education and Workforce to adopt rules to implement
the bill’s requirements as are necessary to protect the health and safety of students and
educators.3
Appropriation
The bill appropriates $25 million in FY 2026 to be used to reimburse school districts and
chartered nonpublic schools for the cost of implementing wearable panic alert systems. The
reimbursements must be made in a manner determined by the Department.4
HISTORY
Action Date
Introduced 09-10-24
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3 R.C. 3313.88.
4 Section 4.
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24