Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 6 - EDUCATION (§§ 6-1-101 — 6-87-104)
Subtitle 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 6-10-101 — 6-28-206)
Chapter 15 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND QUALITY GENERALLY (§§ 6-15-101 — 6-15-3204)
Subchapter 13 - SAFE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE (§§ 6-15-1301 — 6-15-1305)
Section 6-15-1302 - Emergency operation plans and emergency communication with law enforcement requirements

• (a) On or before October 1, 2021, a public school shall have a panic button alert system or other means of emergency communication with law enforcement if funding is available.

• (b) The panic button alert system shall:
  • (1) Connect the caller with 911 while simultaneously notifying designated on-site personnel;
  • (2)
    • (A) Directly integrate into the existing statewide Smart911 system.
    • (B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a public school to geo-fence the school campus and provide and manage floor plans and other documents to assist emergency responders when they automatically display during a 911 call;
  • (3) Be available for use as a smartphone application and have a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers; and
  • (4) Be limited to users designated, approved, and confirmed by school administrators.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 648,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 620,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 950,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

Acts 2003, No. 648, § 2.