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H.R. 5806, The School Emergency Notification Deployment Act
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 5806 would permit universal service support to schools under the Communications Act of 1934 to be used for enhanced emergency notification services.
Detailed Summary
School Emergency Notification Deployment Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish competitively neutral rules to permit universal service support to public and nonprofit elementary and secondary schools to be used for a communications service or system that can be used by school administrators and other public officials to deliver emergency messages to students and their parents, faculty, and staff, and their designated emergency contacts, via messages carried over telecommunications and information services, including those transmitted by providers of commercial mobile service.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 4/16/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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Gary Rawson
May 27, 2008, 12:46pm (report abuse)I do not support this bill. I do not support taking more funding away from services used for teaching (e-rate eligible services) and giving it to something that does not appear to improve student safety. Emergency notification is primarily after the event has occured.
Mike
November 20, 2008, 11:34am (report abuse)Thanks for the great post. Disclosure: I work for an emergency notification company. We strongly believe that emergency notification services DO in fact improve student safety, and there are documented cases where lives have been saved using the services. When it comes to student safety, we shoulad not hold back funding.