SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State lawmakers hope to send a bill to the governor's desk next month to help schools best respond to emergencies.
The House passed a plan last week to require public and private schools to have silent panic alarms linked to law enforcement.
Sponsors said the Illinois State Police will work with the State Board of Education and Emergency Management Agency to develop rules for the mobile panic alert system.
"This law is named for Alyssa Alhadeff, a young student who was killed in a school shooting," said Rep. Nabeela Syed (D-Palatine). "Her parents asked a basic question afterwards: 'Why wasn't there a faster way to alert first responders?' States across the country responded with Alyssa's law, and today, Illinois joins that movement."
House Bill 5107 passed unanimously out of the House Thursday. The proposal arrived in the Senate Tuesday and could be assigned to a committee next week.
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