88R3134 JTZ-D     By: Creighton S.B. No. 838       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools   providing panic alert devices in classrooms.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 37.117 to read as follows:          Sec. 37.117.  PANIC ALERT DEVICE. (a)  Each school district   and open-enrollment charter school shall provide each classroom in   the district or school with a panic alert device that allows for   immediate contact with district or school emergency services or   emergency services agencies, law enforcement agencies, health   departments, and fire departments.          (b)  A panic alert device provided by a school district or   open-enrollment charter school under this section does not satisfy   the requirement under Section 37.108(a)(2) for the district or   school to ensure employees have classroom access to a telephone or   another electronic communication device.          (c)  To comply with this section, a school district or   open-enrollment charter school may:                (1)  use funds provided to the district or school   through the school safety allotment under Section 48.115 or other   available funds; and                (2)  use the district's or school's customary   procurement process.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.