West Virginia Alyssa's Law — Every Staff Member, One Wearable Button
West Virginia's Alyssa's Law is now signed. Cora Alert meets West Virginia's requirements — with room-level location and private LoRaWAN coverage that works everywhere on campus. Help is One Tap Away™.
West Virginia Passes Alyssa's Law — April 2026.
West Virginia Alyssa's Law — The 2026–2027 Deadline Just Became Real
What your county needs to have in place.
House Bill 4798 — West Virginia's Alyssa's Law — passed the House 96–0 and the Senate 34–0 before being signed into law in April 2026. It requires every public school employee to be equipped with a wearable panic button capable of transmitting a direct 911 call and triggering a campus-wide lockdown notification.
The bill also requires annual staff training and coordination with local law enforcement on access to school security data — cameras, maps, and access control.
The question most West Virgina vendors won't answer
Every county board in West Virginia now has a decision to make. 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 older school building — gyms, portable classrooms, parking lots, rural buildings with limited connectivity. These are exactly the locations where incidents are most likely to occur, and exactly the places a Wi-Fi-dependent system is most likely to fail.
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 county's Wi-Fi, cellular, and IT infrastructure. One tap activates a silent alert with room-level location, so responders know exactly where to go the moment help is requested.
This directly satisfies HB 4798's requirement: a direct transmission to 911 and a campus-wide lockdown notification, without relying on a network that may not reach every building or every corner of campus.
A dedicated safety fund is already being built
West Virginia's Alyssa's Law created a School Safety Fund specifically to help county boards cover equipment costs. The fund is administered through the state's Homeland Security channel and is actively being seeded — including an early contribution from the Make Our Schools Safe organization, founded by Alyssa Alhadeff's family.
Counties can also pursue federal funding, including the COPS School Violence Prevention Program, which covers up to 75% of qualifying safety system costs.
We're happy to walk through what funding paths look like for your county specifically.
Purchase Through TIPS Cooperative — No RFP Required
Unlike some states where a single vendor has an early relationship with the bill's sponsors, West Virginia's law does not designate a required system or vendor. County boards are free to evaluate and select the system that actually fits their buildings, their budget, and their staff — without being funneled toward a single option.
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
A full campus safety system — not just a panic button
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Alert Locator Tags — wearable, IP67 water/shock resistant, ~1-year rechargeable battery. One tap activates a silent alert with room-level location.
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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.
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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 West Virginia campuses.
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Alert Panel — fixed display showing staff location and alert status in real time.
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AI incident summarization — real-time summary of what's happening so responders know the situation before they arrive.
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Facilities sensors (available) — door/window sensors on the same LoRaWAN network verify your locked-door policy is actually working.
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E-911 Integration — optional Intrado integration connects Cora Alert directly to 911/PSAP infrastructure — the core requirement of HB 4798.
20 minutes. No sales pressure. Just answers.
We talk to 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.
We can answer all three in 20 minutes.
