‘Time equals life’: SC Senate panel advances school panic alert bill

South Carolina lawmakers advance bill requiring silent panic alarms in classrooms

South Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with legislation that would require silent panic alarms in classrooms statewide, inspired by the 2018 Parkland, Florida school shooting, to speed up response times and save lives.

SC bill would require mobile panic alert systems in every public school

A bill moving through the South Carolina legislature aims to strengthen school safety by requiring mobile panic alert systems in every public school

‘Time equals life’: SC Senate panel advances school panic alert bill

A South Carolina Senate committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would require mobile panic alert systems in public schools, a measure backed by a mother whose daughter was killed in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.