Illinois Alyssa's Law — What HB 5107 Actually Requires by January 2027

Illinois Enacts Alyssa's Law — August 2026
 

 

 

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Illinois's version of Alyssa's Law — HB 5107 — was signed into law on August 7, 2026, and takes effect January 1, 2027. It requires every public school and charter school in Illinois to consider a mobile panic alert system as part of its emergency response planning, and to coordinate with local 911 authorities before purchasing one. It doesn't mandate installation the way Texas, Florida, or Georgia's versions do — but it puts panic alert systems on every district's required planning agenda, and coordinating with your local dispatch center now, before the requirement is live, is the easiest way to be ready for it.
 

The question most Illinois vendors won't answer

Every district in Illinois just received the compliance signal. Most will start evaluating systems. But there's one question most vendors won't answer clearly:
 

What happens when your Wi-Fi goes down?
 

Dead zones exist in every school building — gyms, portable classrooms, parking lots, the older wings with thick concrete walls. These are exactly the locations where incidents are most likely to occur.
 

A panic button that doesn't work in your gym isn't a compliant system. It's a compliance checkbox with a coverage gap.

 

One tap. Room-level location. Works everywhere on campus.

Cora Alert uses a private LoRaWAN network — completely independent of your district's Wi-Fi, cellular, and IT infrastructure.
 

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Two paths to fund your Illinois compliance

Illinois State Grant Program Under SB2948, the Illinois State Board of Education will establish a Mobile Panic Alert System Grant Program.School districts and private schools can apply to ISBE for grants to cover implementation costs. This is new — no other state in Cora Alert's footprint has a state-level grant program of this scope at launch.

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Federal COPS SVPP Grant The federal COPS School Violence Prevention Program covers up to 75% of qualifying safety system costs — up to $500,000 per district. Applications typically open each spring.

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We're happy to walk through both funding paths for your district specifically.

 

Purchase Through Your Cooperative — No RFP Required

Cora Alert is available through the TIPS Cooperative Purchasing Contract (Contract #260105). TIPS is a national purchasing cooperative that allows school districts to purchase directly without conducting a separate RFP or competitive bid — saving procurement time and cost.

TIPS Contract: #260105  |  Category: Technology Solutions, Products & Services

View Cora Alert on TIPS →
 

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A full campus safety system — not just a panic button

• Alert Locator Tags — wearable, IP67 water/shock resistant, ~1-year rechargeable battery. One tap activates a silent alert with room-level location.

• Managed BLE Beacons — installed throughout your campus. 5+ year battery life. Remote battery monitoring via LoRaWAN — the system alerts you before there's ever a dead device. No staff dependency, no surprises.

• LoRaWAN Gateways  — private network, up to 1,000 ft range, penetrates complex structures. No Wi-Fi dependency — built for the rural and older-building realities of Illinois' campuses.

• Alert Panel — fixed display showing staff location and alert status in real time.

• AI incident summarization — real-time summary of what's happening so responders know the situation before they arrive.

• Facilities sensors (available) — door/window sensors on the same LoRaWAN network verify your locked-door policy is actually working.

20 minutes. No sales pressure. Just answers.

We talk to Illinois safety directors, superintendents, and technology directors every week. Most conversations are about the same three things: does it really work in our oldest building, what does the IT team need to do, and how do we get this approved.

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We can answer all three in 20 minutes.

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