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This bill requires New Jersey's Commissioner of Education to create a free emergency notification system for schools to alert students, staff, parents, and law enforcement during active shooter incidents on school grounds. The system must allow students (with parental permission), parents, teachers, and staff to register any mobile device (like phones or tablets) for alerts, work with all device types, and automatically contact local police or state police upon activation. Each school must customize the system to include only registered contacts, and the system must be provided at no cost to all public and nonpublic schools. The bill takes immediate effect and directly affects all New Jersey schools and their registered users.