HB 643
AN ACT relating to school safety.
In Plain Language
This bill lets school districts use wearable panic alert devices that let people quickly call for help during emergencies. The state education department will maintain a list of approved systems, and a new grant program will help schools pay for them using state safety funding. The law is named after Alyssa, honoring her memory.
Official summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety; provide that the Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.
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Latest action
to Committee on Committees (S)
Mar 18, 2026
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