ALYSSA Act
Bill: H.R.3661 | Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh (D-NJ)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Alyssa's Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act or the ALYSSA Act
This bill addresses school security by requiring silent panic alarms in elementary and secondary schools and reauthorizing a program to train school resource officers.
First, the bill requires that each elementary and secondary school have a silent alarm to alert local law enforcement authorities and emergency responders about a safety issue at the school.
Further, the bill conditions receipt of funds by a local educational agency (LEA) upon each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA being equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school emergency.
The bill reauthorizes for FY2021-FY2030 the school resource officers program.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the 
 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require silent 
   alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alyssa's Legacy Youth in Schools 
Safety Alert Act'' or the ``ALYSSA Act''.

SEC. 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 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 the use of panic alarms which are not 
        audible within the school building to adequately alert local 
        law enforcement authorities and emergency responders about a 
        safety issue at the school.''.
    (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:

``SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

    Section 1101(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$1,047,119,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009'' and inserting 
        ``$1,097,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030''; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ``of the 
        purposes of part Q'' the following: ``, and not less than 
        $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants pursuant to 
        applications submitted by units of local government or law 
        enforcement agencies for the purposes described in section 
        1701(b)(12)''.
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