Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 994 of the Public Acts of 2024.
Tennessee HB0505 amends existing law to transition the school safety alert grant pilot program into a permanent program, allowing the Department of Education to administer grants for mobile panic alert systems to local education agencies, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools until July 1, 2027. The bill establishes a new school safety alert grant fund, transferring existing pilot program funds to this new fund, and removes the requirement for grant distribution to include two schools from each grand division of the state. Additionally, it mandates annual reports to the General Assembly detailing funds received and payments made through the grant fund by July 1 in 2026 and 2027.
Tennessee HB0505 amends existing law to transition the school safety alert grant pilot program into a permanent program, allowing the Department of Education to administer grants for mobile panic alert systems to local education agencies, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools until July 1, 2027. The bill establishes a new school safety alert grant fund, transferring existing pilot program funds to this new fund, and removes the requirement for grant distribution to include two schools from each grand division of the state. Additionally, it mandates annual reports to the General Assembly detailing funds received and payments made through the grant fund by July 1 in 2026 and 2027.
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Gant, Ron
114th General Assembly
January 29, 2025
April 15, 2026
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways and Means Committee