H.R. 4999 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4999 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2023Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Mace, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alyssa’s Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act or the ALYSSA Act. 2. Requiring silent alarms in schools (a) Local educational agency plans Section 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(III), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking and at the end; (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (8) ensure that each school served by the local educational agency is prepared to address a school security emergency, including through the use of panic alarms (as defined in section 8549D). . (b) Condition of receipt of funds Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 8549D. School security (a) In general As a condition of receipt of funds under this Act, 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 (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation). (b) Panic alarm defined For purposes of this section and section 1112(c)(8), 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 enforcement. .