Requires Commissioner of Education to develop emergency notification system to alert students and staff of active shooter on school grounds.

A4268

ASSEMBLY, No. 4268

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Commissioner of Education to develop
emergency notification system to alert students and staff of active shooter on
school grounds.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning student safety and supplementing
chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a. The Commissioner of
Education shall develop an emergency notification system for use by any public
or nonpublic school that enables the school to alert the students, the parents
and guardians of the students, teachers, and all staff of an active shooter
situation in the school or on school grounds. The notification system shall:

���� (1)�� provide that the parents
or guardians of students, students, with the permission of a parent or
guardian, teachers, and all other school staff, may register any mobile
electronic communications device with the school to receive the notification;

���� (2)�� be accessible and
compatible with all makes and models of mobile electronic communications devices;

���� (3)�� be directly linked to
local law enforcement authorities or, in the case of a school located in a
municipality in which there is no municipal police department, a location
designated by the Superintendent of State Police, and shall immediately
transmit a signal or message to such authorities upon activation; and

���� (4)�� be made available to
each public and nonpublic school at no cost to the school.

���� b.��� In the event that a
board of education or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school
determines to use the notification system developed by the commissioner
pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the principal of each school in the
school district or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall
ensure that the notification system is customized to each particular school and
includes the contact information for each person who registered with the school
to receive the notification pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this
section.

���� c.���� As used in this act,
�mobile electronic communications device� means any mobile device capable of
communication or other transmission of information and includes, but is not
limited to, a cellular telephone, wireless tablet, watch, or other device with
Internet capability, or other wireless communication device.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Education to develop an emergency notification system that
enables schools to alert the students, the parents and guardians of the
students, teachers, and all staff of an active shooter situation in the school
or on school grounds. Under the bill, the notification system will:

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provide that the parents or guardians of students, students, with
the permission of a parent or guardian, teachers, and all other school staff,
may register any mobile electronic communications device with the school to
receive the notification;

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be accessible and compatible with all makes and models of mobile
electronic communications devices;

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be directly linked to local law enforcement authorities or, in
the case of a school located in a municipality in which there is no municipal
police department, a location designated by the Superintendent of State Police,
and will immediately transmit a signal or message to such authorities upon
activation; and

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be made available to each public and nonpublic school at no cost
to the school.

���� Under the bill, if a board of
education or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school determines to
use the notification system, the principal of each school in the school
district or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school is required to
ensure that the notification system is customized to each particular school and
includes the contact information for each person who registered with the school
to receive the notification.