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House agrees to expanded school‑safety bill requiring panic alerts, threat assessments and mental‑health specialists
Summary
House members agreed to the Senate substitute to House Bill 268, a comprehensive school‑safety package that incorporates a mobile panic alert system (Alyssa’s Law), standardized digital mapping for first responders, multi‑disciplinary threat‑assessment plans and grant‑funded behavioral‑health positions. The House approved the substitute 154‑12.
The House agreed to the Senate substitute of House Bill 268, enlarging a school‑safety package that lawmakers said was prompted by the Apalachee school shooting and other recent incidents. Representative Persinger, carrying the bill, said the substitute incorporates ‘‘Alyssa’s Law’’ requiring mobile panic‑alert systems and requires digital mapping data to be shared with state and local emergency responders.
The bill also requires school systems to adopt…
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