104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1705

 

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Dagmara Avelar

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to implement, not later than July 1, 2026, a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and State law enforcement and first responder agencies. Provides that the system shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Allows a school board to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency. Provides that a school board is not required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet system requirements. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research not later than December 1, 2025 to identify whether an existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a mobile panic alert system from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Provides that if no existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no later than January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law.
 
5    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
62-3.206, 10-20.88, and 34-18.88 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new)
8    Sec. 2-3.206. Mobile panic alert system solicitation. Not
9later than December 1, 2025, the State Board of Education
10shall conduct market research, in consultation with the
11Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to identify whether an
12existing competitively procured source of supply is available
13for a system that satisfies the requirements of subsection (a)
14of Section 10-20.88 and subsection (a) of Section 34-18.88
15from multiple vendors for use by school districts. If no
16existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall
17issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no
18later than January 1, 2026.
 
19    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
20    Sec. 10-20.88. Mobile panic alert system.
21    (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, each school board shall

 

 

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1implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting
2disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time
3coordination between local and State law enforcement and first
4responder agencies. This system shall be known as "Alyssa's
5Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety,
6answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
7mobile activations.
8    (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a),
9each school board may implement additional strategies or
10systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple
11first responder agencies in the event of a school security
12emergency.
13    (c) A school board is not required to procure or implement
14new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the
15school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert
16system with capabilities that meet the requirements of
17subsection (a).
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
19    Sec. 34-18.88. Mobile panic alert system.
20    (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, the board shall implement
21a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate
22emergency services technologies to ensure real-time
23coordination between local and State law enforcement and first
24responder agencies. This system shall be known as "Alyssa's
25Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety,

 

 

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1answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
2mobile activations.
3    (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the
4board may implement additional strategies or systems to ensure
5real-time coordination between multiple first responder
6agencies in the event of a school security emergency.
7    (c) The board is not required to procure or implement new
8or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the board
9has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with
10capabilities that meet the requirements of subsection (a).
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.