88R18745 JTZ-D
	By: Thierry, Buckley, King of Uvalde	H.B. No. 669
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 669:
	By:  Thompson of Harris	C.S.H.B. No. 669

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools
	providing silent panic alert technology in classrooms.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.117 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.117.  SILENT PANIC ALERT TECHNOLOGY. (a)  Each
	school district and open-enrollment charter school shall provide
	each classroom in the district or school with silent panic alert
	technology that allows for immediate contact with district or
	school emergency services and emergency services agencies, law
	enforcement agencies, health departments, and fire departments.
	(b)  Silent panic alert technology provided by a school
	district or open-enrollment charter school under this section does
	not satisfy the requirement under Section 37.108(a)(2) for the
	district or school to ensure employees have classroom access to a
	telephone or another electronic communication device.
	(c)  To comply with this section, a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school may:
	(1)  use funds provided to the district or school
	through the school safety allotment under Section 48.115 or other
	available funds; and
	(2)  use the district's or school's customary
	procurement process.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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