HB5107 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5107

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Nabeela Syed

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
105 ILCS 128/42 new
105 ILCS 128/43 new

Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Requires school districts and private schools to consider the use of a mobile panic alert system in the development of their school emergency and crisis response plans. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, to develop standards for a mobile panic alert system. Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.1038 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)

Sec. 5.1038. The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.

Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by adding Sections 42 and 43 as follows:

(105 ILCS 128/42 new)

Sec. 42. Mobile panic alert systems.

(a) School districts and private schools in this State shall consider the use of a mobile panic alert system in the development of their school emergency and crisis response plans. The mobile panic alert system, if used, shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall be capable of connecting to diverse emergency service technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. The mobile panic alert system, if used, must be capable of integrating with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructures to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations.

(b) The State Board of Education shall conduct market research, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, to identify whether an existing market of supply of mobile panic alert systems that satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) is available in this State from multiple vendors for use by school districts.

(c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, shall develop standards for a mobile panic alert system. The standards must take into consideration the following:

(1) the scalability of the mobile panic alert system in relation to the possibility of school expansion;

(2) the reliability of the connection technology used and how that technology prevents poor connectivity from severely affecting the response time for first responders;

(3) the ease of integrating the mobile panic alert system into existing safety systems in a way that ensures communication with first responders and that all safety protocols are working together; and

(4) the efficiency of providing instant alerts and notifications to first responders and other school personnel.

(d) The State Board of Education shall send a physical and electronic notification to school districts on which mobile panic alert systems in this State meet the standards developed by the State Board of Education under subsection (c).

(105 ILCS 128/43 new)

Sec. 43. Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program. School districts and private schools may apply to the State Board of Education for a Program grant to obtain a mobile panic alert system under Section 42 in order to better prepare for emergency responses. Program grants shall be awarded from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.

(b) The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of Education for the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program.

(c) A mobile panic alert system obtained through a Program grant must be compliant with the standards developed by the State Board of Education under subsection (c) of Section 42.