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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2948
Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that school districts and private schools in the State shall consider the use of mobile panic alert systems in the development of their school emergency and crisis response plans. Provides that the mobile panic alert system, if used, shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall be capable of connecting to diverse emergency service technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Provides that the mobile panic alert system, if used, must be capable of integrating with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructures to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to identify whether an existing market of supply of mobile panic alert systems that satisfy the requirements under the amendatory provisions is available in the State from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to develop standards for a mobile panic alert system. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program. Provides that school districts and private schools may apply to the State Board of Education for a Program grant to obtain a mobile panic alert system in order to better prepare for emergency responses. Provides that Program grants shall be awarded from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.1038 as follows:
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)
7    Sec. 5.1038. The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
8    Section 10. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
9adding Sections 42 and 43 as follows:
10    (105 ILCS 128/42 new)
11    Sec. 42. Mobile panic alert systems.
12    (a) School districts and private schools in this State 
13shall consider the use of a mobile panic alert system in the 
14development of their school emergency and crisis response 
15plans. The mobile panic alert system, if used, shall be known 
16as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall be capable of connecting to 
17diverse emergency service technologies to ensure real-time 
18coordination between multiple first responder agencies. The 
19mobile panic alert system, if used, must be capable of 
20integrating with local, public-safety, answering-point 
21infrastructures to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile 
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1activations.
2    (b) The State Board of Education shall conduct market 
3research, in consultation with the Illinois Emergency 
4Management Agency, to identify whether an existing market of 
5supply of mobile panic alert systems that satisfy the 
6requirements of subsection (a) is available in this State from 
7multiple vendors for use by school districts.
8    (c) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 
9Illinois State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management 
10Agency, shall develop standards for a mobile panic alert 
11system. The standards must take into consideration the 
12following:
13        (1) the scalability of the mobile panic alert system 
14    in relation to the possibility of school expansion;
15        (2) the reliability of the connection technology used 
16    and how that technology prevents poor connectivity from 
17    severely affecting the response time for first responders;
18        (3) the ease of integrating the mobile panic alert 
19    system into existing safety systems in a way that ensures 
20    communication with first responders and that all safety 
21    protocols are working together; and
22        (4) the efficiency of providing instant alerts and 
23    notifications to first responders and other school 
24    personnel.
25    (d) The State Board of Education shall send a physical and 
26electronic notification to school districts on which mobile 
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1panic alert systems in this State meet the standards developed 
2by the State Board of Education under subsection (c).
3    (105 ILCS 128/43 new)
4    Sec. 43. Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
5    (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education 
6shall establish and administer a Mobile Panic Alert System 
7Grant Program. School districts and private schools may apply 
8to the State Board of Education for a Program grant to obtain a 
9mobile panic alert system under Section 42 in order to better 
10prepare for emergency responses. Program grants shall be 
11awarded from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the 
12Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund.
13    (b) The Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Fund is created as 
14a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Mobile 
15Panic Alert System Grant Fund shall be used, subject to 
16appropriation, by the State Board of Education for the Mobile 
17Panic Alert System Grant Program.
18    (c) A mobile panic alert system obtained through a Program 
19grant must be compliant with the standards developed by the 
20State Board of Education under subsection (c) of Section 42.
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  Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
4    105 ILCS 128/42 new
5    105 ILCS 128/43 new