Alyssa's Law in Iowa
Iowa law permits, but does not require, a school district to purchase, install and operate a mobile panic alert system that meets the listed requirements. The section was created by House File 2652, which the Governor signed on May 17, 2024, and which took effect on enactment.
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What does the Iowa law allow?
A district "may" purchase, install and operate a mobile panic alert system. A qualifying system must be able to:
- coordinate in real time between school employees and law enforcement agencies
- integrate with local 911 call-center (PSAP) infrastructure and land mobile radio to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations
A district that buys panic buttons or other school safety and security equipment must install them and keep them in working condition. That duty applies to equipment bought on or after May 17, 2024.
What else did HF 2652 require?
HF 2652 requires each attendance center to have at least one handheld or console radio that can reach a public safety answering point. This is a radio, not a panic alarm. The radio requirement applies to school districts, accredited nonpublic schools and charter schools, with a deadline tied to the school year beginning July 1, 2025.
Is there funding?
Districts pay the state cost of any mandate in HF 2652 from state school foundation aid; the act says no additional state funding is necessary. Under the SAVE sales-tax fund, school safety and security infrastructure includes communication systems with access to fire and police emergency frequencies. Panic alarms are not named.
Bill and statute history
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Bill | House File 2652 (2024), Iowa Acts chapter 1179 |
| Signed | May 17, 2024 |
| Effective | On enactment |
| Statute | Iowa Code § 279.84A |
How can QuickSecure help?
Panic, the QuickSecure mobile app, lets any staff member raise an Alert from a phone. Schools start with Lockdown, Fire, Medical and Admin Alerts, each with its response workflow already built, and can add their own Alert types with their own workflows.
Schools can also add a physical panic button.
Each school sets how every Alert type behaves: silent or announced, a critical alert or a normal notification, whether it also sends email and text messages, and how it looks, down to its color, icon and wording.
Dispatch sends the Alert straight to 911 through RapidSOS, with one confirmation step. Each school chooses which Alert types call 911.
Mass notifications lets a school choose how each message goes out: app notifications, critical alerts, text messages or email.
Nexus holds campus maps and floor plans, plus details such as where the AEDs are, who is on site, which class each person is in and their status, and responders can see them during an Alert.
Drill management runs practice drills through the same workflow as a real Alert, so in a real emergency every step is already familiar and nobody stops to second-guess it. A drill never sends a real Dispatch.
This is not a statement that any product meets the requirements in Iowa Code § 279.84A.