Illinois HB 2900: SCH-MOBILE PANIC ALERT SYSTEM

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 Illinois General Assembly

 ILGA.GOV 

 HB2900 - 104th General Assembly 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB2900

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Nabeela Syed 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

105 ILCS 5/27A-5

 Creates the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law. Requires, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. Requires, for the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education to issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school district. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2026.

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A BILL FOR

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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 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be 

5cited as the Mobile Panic Alert System Act. This Act may be 

6referred to as Alyssa's Law.

7 Section 5. Mobile panic alert system.

8 (a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each public 

9school, including a charter school, shall implement a mobile 

10panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency 

11services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between 

12multiple first responder agencies. Such system, to be known as 

13"Alyssa's Alert", must integrate with local public safety 

14answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and 

15mobile activations.

16 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a 

17school district may implement additional strategies or systems 

18to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first 

19responder agencies in a school security emergency.

20 (c) For the 2026 fiscal year, the State Board of Education 

21shall issue a competitive solicitation to contract for a 

22mobile panic alert system that may be used by each school 

23district. The State Board shall consult with the Illinois 

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1State Police and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in 

2the development of the competitive solicitation for the mobile 

3panic alert system.

4 Section 90. The School Code is amended by changing Section 

527A-5 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)

7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466)

8 Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements. 

9 (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, 

10nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter 

11school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit 

12corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity 

13authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.

14 (b) A charter school may be established under this Article 

15by creating a new school or by converting an existing public 

16school or attendance center to charter school status. In all 

17new applications to establish a charter school in a city 

18having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the 

19charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation 

20does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or 

21before April 16, 2003.

22 (b-5) (Blank). 

23 (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by 

24its board of directors or other governing body in the manner 

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1provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter 

2school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and 

3the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors 

4or other governing body must include at least one parent or 

5guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school 

6who may be selected through the charter school or a charter 

7network election, appointment by the charter school's board of 

8directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's 

9Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent. 

10 (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first 

11year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter 

12school's board of directors or other governing body shall 

13complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development 

14leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient 

15familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and 

16responsibilities, including financial oversight and 

17accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and 

18school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information 

19Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education 

20and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a 

21voting member of