Students; statewide mobile application for reporting of suspicious activity.
Summary
Department of Education; statewide mobile application for student reporting of suspicious activity. Requires the Department of Education, with such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act or provided from any other source, and alone or in partnership with another state agency or a nonprofit organization, or a combination thereof, to develop or procure a multiplatform compatible mobile application that is made available at no cost to each public elementary and secondary school student and that permits each such student to report suspicious activity, including by attaching screenshots, other photographs, and videos, to the appropriate school and local law-enforcement officials for analysis and potential response. The bill requires the Department to assist each school board to coordinate student awareness of and access to such mobile application but provides that no school board shall bear any cost or additional administrative burden relating to such mobile application.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Last action Feb 4, 2025
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Education Substitute
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The document transitioned from an original introduced bill to a House substitute version with significant formatting changes. The substantive legislative text regarding the statewide mobile application for student reporting remains identical, with no policy changes to the bill's requirements, funding, or scope.
TECHNICAL
The bill format changed from an introduced version to a House substitute amendment, updating the bill number from 25103718D to 25106388D and adding committee amendment metadata.
Patron information was updated to reflect the House Committee on Education's proposed substitute, noting prior patrons as Delegates Higgins and Obenshain associated with HB 2765.
The bill text itself contains no substantive policy changes; all legislative language regarding the mobile application development, student eligibility, and school board responsibilities remains unchanged.
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Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25103718D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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