Why States Should Reject Alyssa’s Law and School Panic Button Mandates: What the Data Really Show
States Should Let School Districts Decide School Safety Needs In recent years, states have increasingly passed Alyssa’s Law and similar legislation requiring schools to implement panic button systems. The laws are typically promoted as a way to improve emergency response during school shootings and other catastrophic incidents. The rationale is understandable. Alyssa’s Law is named […]
54,000 Alerts, Only 1% for Threats: Reality Check on School Panic Button Mandates
Mandating Panic Buttons: “Feeling Safer” or Being Safer? In the aftermath of school shootings, emotion understandably drives urgency. Legislators want to act. The public wants reassurance. Vendors offer so-called “solutions.” And increasingly, that “solution” has taken the form of state-mandated wearable panic buttons under laws such as Alyssa’s Law — now enacted in more than […]