HARLINGEN, Texas ( ValleyCentral ) — The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is getting the jump on a state law requiring all Texas public and charter schools to install silent panic alarm systems.
The law was signed by Governor Greg Abbott last June and it requires all public and charter schools to install silent alert technology in classrooms by the 2025-26 school year.
Senate Bill 838, also known as “Alyssa’s Law” was named after one of the victims of the 2018 Parkland school shooting.
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Danny Castillo, Harlingen CISD Director of Emergency Management and School Safety, said they are finalizing the training of their silent alert system and hope to start using it within the next 30 days.
The school district purchased Centegix, a leader in the industry of rapid incident response.
“It’s a wearable panic button system that will be issued to every one of our staff members. It’s a simple system of just pressing a certain button and once that alert goes out instantly and simultaneously alerts our internal security team and our first responder community,” Castillo said.