,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #d1         
#bjai,mr4 ,gottheimer 7for himself and  
,ms4 ,stefanik7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,elementary and
 ,secondary ,education ,act of #aife and
 the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe 
,streets ,act of #aifh to require silent
 alarms in elementary schools and       
secondary schools1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,alyssa's ,legacy   
,youth in ,schools ,safety ,alert ,act  
or the ,,alyssa ,act 4  #b4 ,requiring  
silent alarms in schools  7a7 ,local    
educational agency plans ,section       

#aaab7;c7 of the ,elementary and        
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fcab7;c77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7#h7  
ensure that each school served by the   
local educational agency is prepared to 
address a school security emergency1    
including the use of panic alarms which 
are not audible within the school       
building to adequately alert local law  
enforcement authorities and emergency   
responders about a safety issue at the  
school4  4  7b7 ,condition of receipt of
 funds ,subpart #b of part ,f of title  
,,viii of the ,elementary and ,secondary
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
 #gija et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  #hedi;,d4       
,school security  7a7 ,in general ,as a 
condition of receipt of funds under this
 ,act1 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 7including 
a non-fire evacuation1 lockdown1 or     
active shooter situation74  7b7 ,panic  
alarm defined ,for purposes of this     
section and section #aaab7;c77#h71 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 
enforcement4  4  #c4 ,funding for school
 resource officers ,section             
#aaja7;a77#aa7 of the ,omnibus ,crime   
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbfa7;a77#aa77 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by
 striking #a1jdg1aai1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjjf through #bjji and    
inserting #a1jig1aai1jjj for each of    
fiscal years #bjba through #bjcj2 and   
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by inserting 
after of the purposes of part ,q the    
following3 1 and not less than          
#ej1jjj1jjj shall be allocated for      
grants pursuant to applications         

submitted by units of local government  
or law enforcement agencies for the     
purposes described in section           
#agja7;b77#ab74