A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a bill to require panic buttons in schools, as were used at a high school in Georgia where two students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting last month.
Senate Bil 315, known as Alyssa’s Law, would require all public and charter schools to provide staff with wearable silent panic alarms to alert law enforcement and the school system of trouble, from a medical emergency to an active shooter situation.
Sen. Michele Reynolds (R-Canal Winchester) said the bill would set aside $25 million for the next fiscal year for the buttons, so she said it’s not an unfunded mandate…