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CENTEGIX® | Education
Alyssa’s Law
Making Schools Safer Every Day
Families push for faster school emergency response after MSD shooting
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Alyssa's Law by State
Check Alyssa’s Law requirements in your state.
What is Alyssa’s Law?
Alyssa’s Law is legislation that requires public elementary and secondary schools to be equipped with “silent panic alarms directly linked to law enforcement.” The law is named in honor of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victim Alyssa Alhadeff.
The purpose of Alyssa’s Law is to decrease the time it takes for first responders to arrive at an emergency situation—whether it’s a shooting, a natural disaster, or any other unforeseen event.
What States Have Passed Alyssa’s Law?
Alyssa’s Law has passed in several states: New Jersey in February 2019, Florida in June 2020, New York in June 2022, Texas and Tennessee in May 2023, Utah in March 2024, Oklahoma in May 2024, Georgia in April 2025, Washington and Oregon in May 2025, and Virginia and West Virginia in April 2026.
Lawmakers in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina have introduced Alyssa’s Law for consideration. Alyssa’s Law has also been introduced on the federal level.
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Alyssa’s Law Requirements
Alyssa’s Law aims to improve law enforcement response time to life-threatening emergencies in schools. The legislation requires “the installation of silent panic alarms that are directly linked to law enforcement, so in case of any emergency they will get on the scene as quickly as possible, take down a threat and triage any victims.”
Districts seeking to comply with Alyssa’s Law must therefore invest in everyday safety solutions that improve emergency response times.
CENTEGIX’s CrisisAlert™ Achieves Alyssa’s Law Compliance
CrisisAlert technology is designed to improve communication with first responders, empower staff members to request assistance, and make school buildings more secure. The CENTEGIX CrisisAlert safety solution fulfills the purpose of Alyssa’s law: to decrease emergency response times, saving lives and creating a culture of safety in schools.
CENTEGIX CrisisAlert™ Features Include:
- a mobile panic alert system
- connections to diverse emergency services technologies
- real-time coordination among multiple first responder agencies, including county, local, and on-site responders
- integration with local public safety answering points to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations
Unlike other wearable panic buttons, CrisisAlert activates a fully integrated emergency response and notification system, including flashing strobes, intercom announcements, and computer screen takeovers. It’s the only solution with 100% campus-wide coverage that immediately sends a digital map to first responders with precise location details, down to the exact floor and room, detailing every safety asset in proximity of the alert, to protect your staff wherever they are.
Broward County Public Schools Hosts Media Day Introducing CENTEGIX CrisisAlert
CENTEGIX CrisisAlert’s Innovative Technology Delivers:
100% coverage of all indoor spaces and outdoor areas
Location accuracy to the floor- and room-level
Wearable panic buttons to empower every staff member—not just teachers
Audio and visual alert notifications, including lighted strobes and desktop screen takeovers
Integration with intercoms
Our District is adding a layer of safety with the CENTEGIX CrisisAlert wearable badge for Alyssa’s Law, gaining the on-site notifications—strobes, computer screen takeovers, intercom announcements—that initiate our emergency protocols and direct everyone on campus to follow their safety training.
Our previous mobile app didn’t work because there were simply too many places on campus where the service was unavailable. We switched to CENTEGIX because there was nothing else that compared in terms of complete campus coverage and ease of use.
We don’t want our staff to have to rely on their cell phones. Many of our schools don’t have good cell service, as well as many staff members don’t always have their phones on them. The wearability of CrisisAlert gives us total coverage and immediate connection to law enforcement if needed. We also wanted something that could support our current systems (i.e. Informacast) and investments, and CrisisAlert does just that.
We didn’t want to go with a system that would ask our teachers to download an app or have to fumble through a phone or have to run to a panic alert button. The CrisisAlert system is a really small device; it’s wearable… and it’s inconspicuous.
This entire event—from the first shot that we heard to the time that law enforcement was heavily on the scene and responding and the threat was over—it was all done within three minutes. It just shows just how critical three minutes actually is. Saving lives comes down to seconds. And CENTEGIX was able to cut through a lot of the misunderstandings because we knew there was a lockdown, we knew we needed to respond, and we knew where to go.
The idea that anybody can call a lockdown is huge. And not only that, 911 is notified immediately, and they know who activated the lockdown and where they were located…That’s good knowledge, especially for law enforcement.
Funding for School Safety Solutions
To comply with Alyssa’s Law, state governments have made grant money available to school districts. Funding requirements and resources vary by state.
On the federal level, the U.S. Department of Justice’s School Violence Prevention Program provides funding for school safety solutions. The same is true of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s STOP School Violence Grant Program, which can be used to implement training, purchase technological safety solutions, and execute school safety strategies.
Funds have been used to upgrade school safety features, including but not limited to:
- purchasing panic alarm systems
- replacing or enhancing doors and windows
- purchasing access control systems
- improving perimeter security
The CENTEGIX CrisisAlert solution enables schools to achieve the measures specified in Alyssa’s Law, and its many features align with different states’ school safety standards. CENTEGIX’s multilayered approach to school safety provides campus-wide coverage and swift communication with emergency responders whose intervention can save lives.
CENTEGIX CrisisAlert’s innovative technology empowers and protects school staff and students. Discover how CrisisAlert can help your district achieve compliance with Alyssa’s Law and shorten emergency response times by connecting with a CENTEGIX specialist today.
CENTEGIX Life-Saving Stories
Life Saved at West Georgia Technical College
West Georgia Technical College has experienced numerous medical emergencies where the CrisisAlert system proved invaluable, including an incident where a staff member fell ill and became incapacitated in her office. With her CrisisAlert badge, she was able to request help before losing consciousness. Hear Chief Perry share how the incident unfolded.
CrisisAlert Helps Save a Life at Brantley County Schools
One teacher’s quick-thinking and use of CrisisAlert got help to the scene quickly during a medical emergency and resulted in a life being saved at Brantley County Schools in Nahunta, GA. Hear Superintendent Dr. Kim Morgan share how the event unfolded.
School Day Student Cardiac Arrest
Earlier this year, a student at Avon Park High School in Avon Park, FL, collapsed after sudden cardiac arrest. Quick thinking and use of the CENTEGIX CrisisAlert badge was used to get help to the scene within two minutes. Read the full news story here.
Child’s Life Saved Due to Teacher’s Quick Thinking and Use of CrisisAlert Badge
One teacher’s quick-thinking and use of CrisisAlert got help to the scene quickly during a medical emergency and resulted in a life being saved at Brantley County Schools in Nahunta, GA. Hear Superintendent Dr. Kim Morgan share how the event unfolded.
Schedule a Demo to Learn How CrisisAlert Can Help You Meet Alyssa’s Law Requirements
“We partnered with CrisisAlert to give each and every one of our employees the ability to call for help anytime anywhere when they are on one of our campuses. For a 30-year law enforcement professional, we call that a force multiplier, with this technology in the hands of over 25,000 employees, that gives me 25,000 sets of eyes to help keep the campus safe.”
Chief John Newman
Director of Safety & Security
Hillsborough County Schools
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Alyssa’s Law News
Michigan Rep. Brenda Carter Introduces Alyssa's Law
State Rep. Brenda Carter has taken up Alyssa’s law, which would require schools to install panic alert systems to rapidly initiate lockdowns and alert the authorities if adopted in Michigan.
Tennessee Passes Alyssa's Law
Tennessee legislators recently passed Alyssa’s Law, a law that encourages schools to equip all classrooms with panic buttons. Now it heads to Governor Bill Lee’s desk, where he is expected to sign it. Learn more about the story in this video.
CENTEGIX Applauds Texas after Alyssa’s Law Officially Enacted
Texas becomes the fifth state to pass Alyssa’s law. Texas requires all schools to have silent panic alarm technology.
Leading School Safety Provider Applauds Introduction of ALYSSA Act
CENTEGIX commended Rep. Joshua Gottheimer (D-NJ) and other Congressional leaders for their introduction of the Alyssa’s Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act.
CENTEGIX Applauds Utah Passage of Alyssa’s Law
CENETGIX commended the Utah Legislature following the signing of Alyssa’s Law, which will require Utah public and charter schools to have emergency communication systems.
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