2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.243 - Emergency operations plan development committee: Development of plan to be used by schools in responding to crisis, emergency or suicide; submission of plan to board of trustees or governing body of charter school and Division of Emergency Management of Office of the Military; compliance with plan required.

1. Each emergency operations plan development committee established by the board of trustees of a school district shall develop one plan, which constitutes the minimum requirements of a plan, to be used by all the public schools other than the charter schools in the school district in responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide and all other hazards. Each emergency operations plan development committee established by the governing body of a charter school shall develop a plan, which constitutes the minimum requirements of a plan, to be used by the charter school in responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide and all other hazards. Each emergency operations plan development committee shall, when developing the plan:
(a) Consult with local social service agencies and local public safety agencies in the county in which its school district or charter school is located.
(b) If the school district has an emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262, consult with the emergency manager.
(c) If the school district has school resource officers, consult with the school resource officer or a person designated by him or her.
(d) If the school district has school police officers, consult with the chief of school police of the school district or a person designated by him or her.
(e) Consult with the director of the local organization for emergency management or, if there is no local organization for emergency management, with the Chief of the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military or his or her designee.
(f) Consult with the State Fire Marshal or his or her designee and a representative of a local government responsible for enforcement of the ordinances, codes or other regulations governing fire safety.
(g) Determine which persons and organizations in the community, including, without limitation, a provider of mental health services which is operated by a state or local agency, that could be made available to assist pupils and staff in recovering from a crisis, emergency or suicide.
2. The plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation:
(a) The plans, procedures and information included in the model plan developed by the Department pursuant to NRS 388.253;
(b) A procedure for responding to a crisis or an emergency and for responding during the period after a crisis or an emergency has concluded, including, without limitation, a crisis or an emergency that results in immediate physical harm to a pupil or employee of a school in the school district or the charter school;
(c) A procedure for enforcing discipline within a school in the school district or the charter school and for obtaining and maintaining a safe and orderly environment during a crisis or an emergency;
(d) The names of persons and organizations in the community, including, without limitation, a provider of mental health services which is operated by a state or local agency, that are available to provide counseling and other services to pupils and staff of the school to assist them in recovering from a crisis, emergency or suicide;
(e) A plan for making the persons and organizations described in paragraph (d) available to pupils and staff after a crisis, emergency or suicide;
(f) A procedure for responding to a crisis or an emergency that occurs during an extracurricular activity which takes place on school grounds;
(g) A plan which includes strategies to assist pupils and staff at a school in recovering from a suicide;
(h) A description of the organizational structure which ensures there is a clearly defined hierarchy of authority and responsibility used by the school for the purpose of responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide;
(i) If the school district has school police officers, a plan to coordinate with local law enforcement agencies to train school police officers in active assailant movement techniques;
(j) A plan to coordinate with local law enforcement agencies or public safety organizations to provide active assailant trainings to each employee of the school;
(k) A plan to provide support to:
(1) Pupils who have experienced a crisis or emergency by using trauma-informed and age-appropriate resources; and
(2) Members of the faculty and staff who have experienced a crisis or emergency by using trauma-informed resources;
(l) A plan to ensure that members of the faculty and staff and a pupil’s parents or legal guardians are notified of the occurrence, development and conclusion of a crisis or an emergency through any communication method established by a school, including, without limitation, communicating through text message or electronic mail; and
(m) A plan to inform, at least twice each academic year, a pupil’s parent or legal guardian of any state requirement related to the storage of firearms, including, without limitation, the crimes and penalties described in subsection 5 of NRS 202.300 and 202.3623.
3. Each emergency operations plan development committee shall provide for review a copy of the plan that it develops pursuant to this section to the board of trustees of the school district that established the committee or the governing body of the charter school that established the committee.
4. The board of trustees of the school district that established the committee or the governing body of the charter school that established the committee shall submit for review to the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military the plan developed pursuant to this section.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388.249 and 388.251, each public school must comply with the plan developed for it pursuant to this section.
6. As used in this section:
(a) "Active assailant movement techniques" means any training in the technical and tactical skills necessary for school police officers to respond to a crisis or emergency concerning an active assailant.
(b) "Active assailant training" means any training in responding to a crisis or emergency concerning an active assailant that is necessary to evacuate or secure the school.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1324; A 2011, 1075; 2015, 199; 2017, 2729, 4014; 2019, 3240; 2021, 635, 2092; 2023, 2841)