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Committee advances bill to let schools use mobile panic-alert systems; vendors to provide training
Summary
The House committee adopted a department-requested amendment shifting mandatory training for school panic-alert systems from the State Department of Education to vendors, and reported H 3258 favorably as amended. The bill directs the state law enforcement agency to identify vendors by Jan. 1, 2026; funding is being worked out in Ways and Means.
The House Education and Public Works Committee voted to adopt an amendment and then reported H 3258 favorably as amended, enabling mobile panic-alert systems in public schools and assigning some implementation responsibilities to vendors.
At the department’s request, the committee moved mandatory training language from a department responsibility to a vendor responsibility so that the company selling a system — rather than the State Department of Education — must train teachers and staff. The committee also modified regulatory language so the department “may promulgate” regulations rather than “shall promulgate” regulations, per the department’s request. The amendment was adopted…
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