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Senate approves school emergency response bill; amendment to fund school resource officers fails
Summary
The Senate passed S.B. 1216 to allow grant funding for emergency response communication systems and personal emergency devices in schools, rejecting an amendment that would have let grants subsidize school resource officer salaries (the SRO amendment failed 11–25).
The Connecticut Senate voted to pass S.B. 1216 on April 30, 2025, expanding allowable school safety grant uses to include emergency response communications and personal emergency communication devices such as Wi‑Fi‑enabled key cards that map room locations for first responders.
Sponsor Sen. Matt Marr described the systems as a small, on‑person device that, when activated, sends location details to…
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