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Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gov. Kemp's amended budget includes $50 million in school safety grants
ATLANTA (WJBF) – The Georgia Senate has given the green light on three legislative bills to improve school safety in the state. Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones said these bills will build on school safety initiatives to keep both students and teachers safe. Just last week, Governor Brian Kemp signed the FY 2025 amended budget which allocates $50 million dollars for school safety grants. Senate Bill 17, or Ricky and Alyssa's Law, will require all Georgia schools to have mobile panic alarms to alert first responders. Senate Bill 61 will strengthen the state's law so attempted murders and terror acts towards schools by juveniles will be tried as adults. Senate Bill 179 will require transferring students to show their academic and disciplinary records to the new school within 10 days, and let the parents or guardian to know about the transfer within 5 days. Lawmakers are using the school shooting last year at Appalachee High School on how to strengthen safety. 'In this situation at Apalachee High School, that was not as appropriate as it could have been. Certainly the security officers limited the mortality related to that shooting,' said State Senator Ben Watson. State house lawmakers will review the bills in committee and may add changes to the legislation, but will have to do so before session ends up on April 4. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Yahoo
Carrollton City Schools launches new safety app for emergencies
The Brief Carrollton City Schools is implementing LifeSpot, a mobile safety app, to enhance emergency response and communication during critical situations. LifeSpot connects school personnel with all emergency agencies simultaneously and provides a map for first responders to track individuals in danger. The district has also increased safety measures, including locked classroom doors, controlled entry points, and the addition of five School Resource Officers. The decision to implement LifeSpot and other safety measures was influenced by the Appalachee High School shooting, which prompted a reevaluation of security protocols. CARROLLTON, Ga. - Carrollton City Schools is implementing a new mobile safety app. It is an effort to keep children safe in case of the worst possible scenario. What we know The emergency mobile app alert system is called LifeSpot. The cellphone app connects school personnel to all emergency agencies simultaneously. The app presents a map to emergency personnel and enables the person in danger to be tracked by first responders. Information can be silently typed into the app to allow for communication. For example, someone being tracked by the app can note they are barricaded in a room and the shooter is outside the door. This will then generate a circle on a map. What they're saying School officials say it will help track everyone in the event of an emergency. "Police, fire, EMS and its immediate contact with the other users of this app," explained Assistant Superintendent of Facilities and Operations, Craig George. "Everybody on campus gets it when the button is pressed." "Giving a general idea of the person's location," George added. Dig deeper In addition to LifeSpot, the district has established more safety measures. It mandates that classroom doors be locked, that people must be buzzed in at all front entrances to allow for screenings, and that it now has five School Resource Officers. The school district does not have metal detectors. "Always a discussion, but we've done other things. We now have five SROs," says George. The idea to add a school alert system came up before last fall's Appalachee High School shooting. Four people died in the incident. The Source FOX 5's Kevyn Stewart spoke with Carrollton City Schools Assistant Superintendent of Facilities and Operations Craig George and used details as well as video provided by LifeSpot for this story.
