Arkansas Code
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-61-140. Panic button alert systems

(a) Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, a state-supported institution of higher education may offer to its students, employees, and other personnel a panic button alert system that:
(1) Connects the user in real time with designated individuals, with the ability of contacting a live 911 operator;
(2)
(A) Directly integrates into the existing statewide Smart911 system.
(B) The Smart911 system shall provide a way for a state-supported institution of higher education to geo-fence the campus and provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location to assist emergency responders by automatically displaying during a 911 call;

(3) Is available for use on and off campus as a smartphone application and has a mechanism for panic notifications to be triggered by non-smartphone wireless callers and landline callers or automatic alert features in the event the user is unable to respond; and
(4) Has geo-tracking capability that can determine the location and movements of the person who engaged the panic button alert system.

(b) A state-supported institution of higher education may provide information to its students, employees, and other personnel to educate the students, employees, and other personnel on:
(1) The use of the panic button alert system; and
(2) How and where to obtain the panic button alert system.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 6 - Education

Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally

Chapter 61 - Postsecondary Institutions Generally

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 6-61-101. Definition

§ 6-61-102. Applicability of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-601 — 6-61-603, and 6-61-604 — 6-61-612 [repea...

§ 6-61-103. Powers and duties of existing governing boards unaffected by §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, 6-61-211 [repealed], 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, 6-61-306 [repealed], 6-61-401, 6-61-402, 6-61-501 — 6-61-524, 6-61-60...

§ 6-61-104. Program transfers

§ 6-61-105. Course in American history or civil government required

§ 6-61-107. Courses in conservation of natural resources — Teachers required to take course

§ 6-61-108. Eye protection required

§ 6-61-110. Testing of entering freshmen for remedial courses

§ 6-61-111. Student assessment programs

§ 6-61-112. Student or student's spouse called into military service

§ 6-61-113. References to race

§ 6-61-121. Higher education minority retention programs — Definition

§ 6-61-122. Higher education minority retention programs — Establishment — Reports

§ 6-61-123. Meningococcal disease warning

§ 6-61-124. Reporting minority students who complete an education program — Definitions

§ 6-61-125. American Sign Language as foreign language

§ 6-61-126. Electronic communication — Privacy policy

§ 6-61-127. Arkansas Higher Education Performance Reporting System

§ 6-61-128. Restrictions on use of social security numbers

§ 6-61-129. Establishment of centers of excellence — Definition

§ 6-61-130. Institutional advice for university course work and degree completion

§ 6-61-131. Student accounts receivable policies at two-year institutions of higher education — Definition

§ 6-61-132. Academic advising on transferability of coursework

§ 6-61-133. Professional development for mandated reporters and licensed elementary and secondary public school personnel — Definitions

§ 6-61-134. Associate of applied science degree — Mathematics requirement

§ 6-61-135. False academic credential

§ 6-61-136. Establishment of an accrediting agency

§ 6-61-137. Presentation of expenditure data by state-supported institutions of higher education — Definition

§ 6-61-138. Posthumous degrees

§ 6-61-139. Emergency or security records or information — Disclosure exempted

§ 6-61-140. Panic button alert systems

§ 6-61-141. Duplication of services