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District grapples with panic-alert procurement mismatch and rising SRO contract costs
Summary
District officials said they invested more than $5 million in a panic-alert system (audio enhancement) that is not among the four vendors later approved by state procurement, leaving the district to seek interoperability solutions; staff also reported guardian training interest and a potential doubling of SRO costs if districts must pay full contract rates.
District safety staff told trustees a state procurement process has complicated local panic-alert and safety-system investments.
Mister Fenton (Speaker 8) summarized HB 84 safety requirements, which include a panic-alert device for teachers that must connect to an answering/dispatch service (PSAP). The district invested federal and state grant funds (including a roughly $1,800,000 state safety grant) and district dollars and was about 60% through installations using an Audio Enhancement…
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