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Alabama School Safety Standards
CENTEGIXยฎ | Education
Alabama School Safety Standards
Alabama K-12 Capital Grant Program
Alabama legislators prioritized K-12 Alabama school safety solutions during the 2023 regular legislative session. The Alabama K-12 Capital Grant Program established $179 million as a source of funding for capital projects in schools across the state. Up to $5 million per grant, eligible projects included technology improvements and school safety enhancements. Federal funding is available for similar projects; several national programs provide the funds Alabama districts need to invest in new infrastructure, technology, equipment, and other Alabama school safety solutions.
Alabama ETF Advancement and Technology Fund
The Alabama Education Advancement and Technology (A&T) Fund receives supplemental appropriations every year to fund one-time expenses for Alabama schools. Allowable expenses for these funds are outlined in Section 29-9-4, the Code ofAlabama, 1975 and include:ย ย
Acquiring, improving, or maintaining of facilities or technology
School security measures as a component of a systemwide security planย
Repairs or deferred maintenance of facilities
Classroom instructional support
Education technology and equipmentย
Insuring facilities
Transportation
In the Alabama State Board of Education September 2024 Meeting and Work Session, State Superintendent of Education Eric Mackey noted that next year the Education Advancement and Technology Fund will have about $1.6 billion available.
The CENTEGIX Safety Platformยฎ Enables Rapid Incident Response
The CENTEGIX Safety Platformยฎย is the foundation for a layered safety plan in K-12 schools. CENTEGIX technology enables the fastest response to emergencies. Alabama schools can utilize the CENTEGIX Safety Platform to perform the following functions:
Centralize communications during incidents on campus.
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Act as an incident command center during medical emergencies.
Aid in the creation of efficient and effective lockdown procedures.
Mitigate student elopement by disseminating information in real time.ย
Facilitate the implementation of active shooter plans and emergency procedures.
Provide necessary data to create reunification plans.
Alabama schools and school districts can use state and federal funding allocations to integrate the CENTEGIX Safety Platform into their school safety plans.
The CENTEGIX Safety Platformยฎ: Facilitating a Culture of Safety
CENTEGIX innovates technology to empower and protect school staff and students. The CENTEGIX Safety Platform is the foundation of a multilayered approach to school safety. The Safety Platform includes CrisisAlert, a mobile panic alert solution that is the fastest and easiest way to request help from anywhere on campus. CENTEGIX Safety Blueprintยฎย is a intelligent mapping tool that aids in safety planning and facilitates rapid incident response. CENTEGIXโs market-defining Enhanced Visitor Management allows real-time visitor locating.ย
The design of every element in the CENTEGIX Safety Platform is grounded in CENTEGIX’s years of experience supporting school districts with incident response. In an emergency, time is the single most critical factor in incident response. Safety Platformโs features shorten response times in the following ways:
Staff members can request help instantly using their wearable panic buttons.
Staff can connect immediately with 911 emergency responders.ย
Dependable technology eliminates dependence on Wi-Fi or cellular connectivity.
Administrators and staff can coordinate in real time with first responder agencies.
School systems can seamlessly integrate with local public safety resources and initiate mobile public safety notifications.
Find Funding for Alabama School Safety Solutions
How Are Your Resources Being Spent?
CENTEGIX protects over 18,000 locations across the country. We can protect yours, too.
The CENTEGIX Safety Platformยฎ, featuring CrisisAlertโข, accelerates your response to emergencies. Weโve built the CENTEGIX Safety Platform to support you in the single most critical factor of incident response: time.
Discover resources to fund new safety and security initiatives in your district by exploring funding resources for school safety.
CENTEGIX Safety Report
2025 School Safety Trends: Together, Training and Technology Save Lives
Discover our latest, comprehensive analysis of school safety incidents gathered from the CENTEGIX Safety Platformยฎ usage data for the 2024-2025 school year, as well as insights from the hundreds of school safety and district administration leaders weโve connected with over the last 12 months, in our report 2025 School Safety Trends: Together, Training and Technology Save Lives.ย
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Hear from Our Alabama Educators
We engage with teachers and staff every day to understand how CrisisAlert supports them, and hereโs what theyโve shared:
As a school administrator for over 30 years and a superintendent for 8, I donโt know of a program that has brought me more peace of mind than the CrisisAlert system. We installed this program in all of our schools in the fall of 2023. Recently, while walking through a school, a young teacher stopped me and thanked me for having the system. She told me of a story where a student had a seizure in her class. She quickly utilized
the alert system and in less than a minute the administrative team and medical staff were at her door. Due to the quick response, the student was quickly stabilized and later made a full recovery at the hospital. As she relived this experience, she thanked me again for our district investing in this life saving system. I would never start a school year again without the CrisisAlert system.
Two students were arguing with a teacher. The students would not stop their disrespectful behavior or raising their voices and demanding to a teacher. I did not feel okay leaving the teacher to get my phone, so I pressed the badge. I was calm and was confident someone would arrive within a minute.
Ready to Connect with a CENTEGIX Specialist to Learn More?
Ernest Scarbrough
Director of Customer Partnerships
Phone: 251-232-6695
Email: escarbrough@centegix.com
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CrisisAlertโข Is in a Class of Its Own
ย We donโt just raise the bar. We built it.
CrisisAlert leads the industry in wearable panic button technology. As the most trusted, proven, and deployed solution on the market, it delivers unrivaled reliability, redundancy, notification, and response capabilities.
Unlike other wearable panic buttons, CrisisAlert activates a fully integrated emergency response and notification system, including flashing strobes, intercom announcements, and computer screen takeovers. Itโs 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.
In an Emergency, You Need CrisisAlertโข
See how our CrisisAlert wearable mobile panic button empowers staff to get help instantly in an emergency.ย
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