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OH SB105

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michele Reynolds

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all public school districts and chartered nonpublic schools to implement wearable panic alert systems at each school facility beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, with devices capable of transmitting 9-1-1 calls and initiating campus-wide lockdown notifications

  • Mandates that every staff member in a school facility receive a wearable panic alert device for immediate contact with local emergency response agencies, with annual training required before each school year begins

  • Requires schools to make security data (cameras, maps, access control) accessible to local law enforcement and establish appropriate access protocols, while classifying all security-related records as confidential and exempt from public records laws

  • Appropriates $25,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2026 to reimburse school districts, community schools, STEM schools, college-preparatory boarding schools, and chartered nonpublic schools for implementation costs

  • Named "Alyssa's Law" and applies the new section 3313.88 requirements to community schools, STEM schools, and college-preparatory boarding schools through amendments to existing education code sections

Legislative Description

Enact Alyssa's Law

Education

Last Action

Referred to committee: Finance

2/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance2/19/2025

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