OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – A law that went into effect at the start of the 2024-2025 school year mandated school districts across Oklahoma to implement a mobile panic alert system. The legislation is called “Alyssa’s Law,” named after a victim in the Parkland, Florida school shooting.
The new alert system was used last week during a school shooting in Georgia. Two students and two teachers died in the shooting, but authorities believe more people could have died if it wasn’t for a teacher using the alert app to notify police.
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Caryn Franson has grandchildren in Oklahoma public schools. She said she has heard of the law but has been worried it has not been enforced.
“There’s a sense of sadness that they (kids) have to worry about that in school,” said Franson.
News 4 reached out to several school districts across the metro including Oklahoma City, Moore, Edmond, Norman and Putnam City, to see how the new law affected safety protocols the districts already had in place.