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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.14557 - Requirements of support center.

The support center must:
1. Be capable of receiving reports made through the SafeVoice Program and notification provided through the Handle with Care Program;
2. Be available to receive reports and notifications and staffed with trained personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays and other days when school is not in session;
3. Establish a process for handling a report or notification if personnel at the support center are unable to determine the location of the school or the person about whom the report or notification is made, or if the report or notification concerns a private school or an entity other than a school;
4. Train personnel at the support center who are involved in responding to reports and notifications to follow up on each report or notification by gathering information necessary to determine the validity of the report or notification and the severity of any threat;
5. Use a software system that is resistant to hacking and copying of information to protect the anonymity of persons who submit reports and notifications;
6. Develop and implement a standardized procedure for tracking the outcome of reports and notifications;
7. Compile statistics to determine:
(a) The most frequent days of the week on which reports and notifications are made;
(b) The most frequent times of the day for making reports and providing notifications;
(c) The types of dangerous, violent or unlawful activity that are reported and the frequency of reports of each type of dangerous, violent or unlawful activity;
(d) The frequency with which reports are submitted using the hotline, Internet website, mobile telephone application and text messaging application, respectively; and
(e) The outcome of reports and notifications;
8. Submit to the Director a quarterly report that contains the information compiled pursuant to subsection 7 and any other information necessary for the Director to evaluate the Programs or that is requested by the Director; and
9. Provide each report received through the SafeVoice Program to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4011; A 2019, 3970)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.1457 - SafeVoice Program Account: Creation; use of money in Account; administration; acceptance of gifts, grants, donations and other sources of money; Director to post list of sources of money on Internet and transmit list to Legislature.

1. The SafeVoice Program Account is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the money in the Account may be used only to implement and operate the SafeVoice Program.
3. The Account must be administered by the Director, who may:
(a) Apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money for deposit in the Account; and
(b) Expend any money received pursuant to paragraph (a) in accordance with subsection 2.
4. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
5. The money in the Account does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
6. The Director shall:
(a) Post on the Internet website maintained by the Department a list of each gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money, if any, received pursuant to subsection 3 for deposit in the Account and the name of the donor of each gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money;
(b) Update the list annually; and
(c) On or before February 1 of each year, transmit the list prepared for the immediately preceding year:
(1) In odd-numbered years, to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Legislature; and
(2) In even-numbered years, to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3073; A 2019, 3238, 3971)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.1458 - Confidentiality of information provided to SafeVoice Program; motion to compel production or disclosure of record or information; records and information made available to appellate court.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or as otherwise authorized pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.1455, a person must not be compelled to produce or disclose any record or information provided to the SafeVoice Program.
2. A defendant in a criminal action may file a motion to compel a person to produce or disclose any record or information provided to the Program. A defendant in a criminal action who files such a motion shall serve a copy of the motion upon the prosecuting attorney and upon the Director, either or both of whom may file a response to the motion not later than a date determined by the court.
3. If the court grants a motion filed by a defendant in a criminal action pursuant to subsection 2, the court may conduct an in camera review of the record or information or make any other order which justice requires. Counsel for all parties shall be permitted to be present at every stage at which any counsel is permitted to be present. If the court determines that the record or information includes evidence that could be offered by the defendant to exculpate the defendant or to impeach the testimony of a witness and unless otherwise authorized by subsection 2 of NRS 388.1455, the court shall order the record or information to be provided to the defendant. The identity of any person who reported information to the SafeVoice Program must be redacted from any record or information provided pursuant to this subsection, and the record or information may be subject to a protective order further redacting the record or information or otherwise limiting the use of the record or information.
4. The record of any information redacted pursuant to subsection 3 must be sealed and preserved to be made available to the appellate court in the event of an appeal. If the time for appeal expires without an appeal, the court shall provide the record to the SafeVoice Program.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3072; A 2019, 3238, 3971)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.1459 - Willful disclosure of record or information of SafeVoice Program or willful neglect or refusal to obey court order punishable as criminal contempt.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 388.1458 or as otherwise authorized pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 388.1455, the willful disclosure of a record or information of the SafeVoice Program, including, without limitation, the identity of a person who reported information to the Program, or the willful neglect or refusal to obey any court order made pursuant to NRS 388.1458, is punishable as criminal contempt.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3072; A 2019, 3239, 3972)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.150 - Sectarian and denominational publications and instruction; forfeiture of public school money for violation; authority to comply with federal Equal Access Act.

1. No books, tracts or papers of a sectarian or denominational character may be used or introduced in any public school established pursuant to the provisions of this title of NRS, nor may any sectarian or denominational doctrines be taught in any public school.
2. Any school district or charter school whose officers knowingly allow any public schools to be taught in violation of this section forfeits all right to any public school funds.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits a school district or charter school from complying with applicable federal laws, such as the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071 et seq.
[251:32:1956]—(NRS A 1997, 1865; 1999, 1674)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.155 - Foster care children enrolled in elementary school; development of academic plan required; annual review and modification of plan; use of plan to manage pupil’s educational development.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy for each elementary school in the school district to develop an academic plan for each pupil enrolled in the elementary school for whom the school is informed is a foster child. An academic plan must include consideration of the unique circumstances and educational background of the child and be developed with the goal of achieving academic success.
2. An academic plan must be reviewed and revised each year with appropriate modifications for the grade level of the pupil. A new academic plan must be developed for any pupil who transfers to an elementary school for whom the school is informed is a foster child.
3. An academic plan for a pupil must be used as a guide to plan, monitor and manage the pupil’s educational development and make determinations of any assistance that may be necessary to the academic success of the pupil.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2668)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.157 - Plan to improve literacy of pupils enrolled in elementary school: Contents; submission to Department for approval; regulations.

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall prepare a plan to improve the literacy of pupils enrolled in an elementary school. Such a plan must include, without limitation:
(a) A program to provide intervention services and intensive instruction to pupils who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading to ensure that those pupils achieve adequate proficiency in the requisite reading skills and reading comprehension skills necessary to perform at a level determined by a statewide assessment to be within a level determined by the State Board for a pupil enrolled in the same grade in which the pupil is enrolled. Such a program must include, without limitation, regularly scheduled reading sessions in small groups and specific instruction designed to target any area of reading in which the pupil demonstrates a deficiency, including, without limitation, phonological and phonemic awareness, decoding skills, reading fluency and vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies;
(b) Procedures for assessing a pupil’s proficiency in the subject area of reading using valid and reliable standards-based assessments that have been approved by the State Board by regulation during each grade level of the elementary school at which the pupil is enrolled as determined necessary;
(c) A program to improve the proficiency in reading of pupils who are English learners; and
(d) Procedures for facilitating collaboration between licensed teachers designated as literacy specialists and classroom teachers.
2. The board of trustees of each school district or the governing body of a charter school, as applicable, shall:
(a) Submit its plan to the Department for approval on or before the date prescribed by the Department on a form prescribed by the Department; and
(b) Make such revisions to the plan as the Department determines are necessary.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations that prescribe procedures for assessing the development across early learning domains of a pupil enrolled in kindergarten within the first 45 days of school in a school year.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1861; A 2017, 3232; 2019, 4490; 2021, 250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.159 - Literacy specialist: Designation; additional compensation; provision of professional development in subject area of reading; regulations.

1. The principal of a public elementary school, including, without limitation, a charter school, shall designate a licensed teacher employed by the school to serve as a literacy specialist. The licensed teacher so designated must:
(a) Demonstrate the ability to improve the literacy of pupils;
(b) Demonstrate competency in effective instruction in literacy and the administration of assessments;
(c) Demonstrate an understanding of building relationships with teachers and other adults;
(d) Collaborate with the principal of the public elementary school to develop a schedule of professional development and assist in providing such professional development; and
(e) Assist teachers at the school by implementing a system of support which includes various methods to provide intervention services and intensive instruction for pupils who have been identified as deficient in the subject area of reading.
2. A school district or charter school may provide additional compensation to:
(a) A licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to this section; or
(b) A licensed teacher who is employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and provides instruction in reading.
3. Each licensed teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school and who is responsible for providing instruction in reading shall complete professional development developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist pursuant to subsection 1 in the subject area of reading.
4. The State Board shall prescribe by regulation:
(a) Any training or professional development that a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist is required to successfully complete;
(b) Any professional development that a teacher employed by a school district or charter school to teach at an elementary school is required to receive as developed by a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist in the subject area of reading; and
(c) The duties and responsibilities of a licensed teacher designated as a literacy specialist.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1861; A 2019, 4491)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.165 - Development of academic plan required.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy for each middle school and junior high school in the school district to develop an academic plan for each pupil enrolled in the grade level at which the middle school or junior high school initially enrolls pupils. The academic plan must set forth:
(a) The specific educational goals that the pupil intends to achieve before promotion to high school;
(b) An identification of the courses required for promotion to high school;
(c) An identification of all honors courses, career and technical education courses and other educational programs, courses and pathways available to the pupil which will assist in the advancement of the education of the pupil; and
(d) A description of the expectations of the teachers of pupils who are enrolled in middle school or junior high school.
2. The policy must require each pupil enrolled in his or her initial year at the middle school or junior high school and the pupil’s parent or legal guardian to:
(a) Have sufficient opportunities to work in consultation with a school counselor to develop an academic plan for the pupil;
(b) Review the academic plan; and
(c) Review the academic plan at least once each school year until the pupil is promoted to high school in consultation with the school counselor and revise the plan as necessary.
3. If a pupil enrolls in a middle school or junior high school after the initial year of enrollment for that middle school or junior high school, an academic plan must be developed for that pupil with appropriate modifications for the grade level of the pupil.
4. An academic plan for a pupil must be used as a guide for the pupil and the pupil’s parent or legal guardian to plan, monitor and manage the pupil’s educational development and make determinations of the appropriate courses of study for the pupil. If the pupil does not satisfy all the educational goals set forth in the academic plan, the pupil is eligible for promotion to high school if the pupil otherwise satisfies the requirements for promotion to high school.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1332; A 2011, 3504)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.208 - Annual review of academic plan; requirements for meeting to review academic plan; revision of academic plan for pupils requiring remediation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a policy for each public high school in the school district to ensure that a counselor, administrator or other licensed educational personnel from the public high school meets individually at least once each school year with each pupil enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the public high school to review with the pupil the academic plan developed for the pupil pursuant to NRS 388.205. The parent or guardian of a pupil may elect to waive the requirements of this subsection on behalf of the pupil.
2. At a meeting conducted pursuant to subsection 1, the counselor, administrator or other licensed educational personnel must use the results of the pupil’s college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610, if the results of the assessment are available at the time of the meeting, the results of a preliminary National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, if the results of the test are available at the time of the meeting, and the pupil’s academic records, to review with the pupil the areas of his or her academic strengths and weaknesses, including, without limitation, areas where additional work in the subject areas tested on the assessment or test, as applicable, is necessary to prepare the pupil for college and career success without the need for remediation.
3. If it is determined that the pupil requires remediation, the counselor, administrator or other licensed educational personnel must coordinate with the pupil and the pupil’s parent or legal guardian to revise the academic plan for the pupil to ensure that the pupil is prepared for college and career success before he or she graduates.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 617)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.221 - Adoption of policy for peer mentoring.

1. The board of trustees of each school district may adopt a policy for the public high schools in the district to provide a program of teen mentoring, which may include a component of adult mentoring, designed to:
(a) Increase pupil participation in school activities, community activities and all levels of government; or
(b) Increase the ability of ninth grade pupils enrolled in high school to successfully make the transition from middle school or junior high school to high school,
or both.
2. If the board of trustees of a school district has adopted a policy pursuant to subsection 1, the principal of each public high school in the district may:
(a) Carry out a program of teen mentoring in accordance with the policy prescribed by the board of trustees pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) Adopt other policies for the program of teen mentoring that are consistent with this section and the policy prescribed by the board of trustees pursuant to subsection 1; and
(c) On a date prescribed by the board of trustees, submit an annual report to the board of trustees and the Legislature that sets forth a summary of:
(1) The specific activities of the program of teen mentoring; and
(2) The effectiveness of the program in increasing pupil participation in school activities, community activities and all levels of government or in increasing the ability of ninth grade pupils to successfully make the transition from middle school or junior high school to high school, as applicable to the type of program in effect at the school.
3. If the board of trustees of a school district has not adopted a policy pursuant to subsection 1, the principal of a public high school in the district may carry out a program of teen mentoring and take any action described in paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 2 if:
(a) The principal submits to the board of trustees for its approval a plan for such a program of teen mentoring that is consistent with the provisions of this section; and
(b) The board of trustees approves the plan.
4. A plan submitted to a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to subsection 3 shall be deemed approved if the board of trustees does not act upon the plan within 60 days after the date on which the board of trustees receives the plan.
5. The board of trustees of each school district and each public high school may apply for and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source for the support of the board of trustees or a public high school in carrying out a program of teen mentoring pursuant to the provisions of this section. Any money received pursuant to this subsection may be used only for purposes of carrying out a program of teen mentoring pursuant to the provisions of this section.
6. This section does not preclude a board of trustees of a school district or a public high school from continuing any other similar program of teen mentoring that exists on May 22, 2009.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 652; A 2013, 2039)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.229 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 388.229 to 388.266, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 388.231 to 388.2359, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1323; A 2011, 1074; 2015, 199; 2017, 2728, 4013; 2019, 1763, 3239)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.231 - "Crisis" defined.

"Crisis" means a traumatic and sudden event or emergency condition that:
1. Involves violence;
2. Profoundly and negatively affects or will affect pupils or employees of a public school, or both;
3. Occurs on the property of a public school, at an activity sponsored by a public school or on a school bus while the bus is engaged in its official duties for a public school; and
4. May involve serious injury or death.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1323)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.604)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.233 - "Emergency" defined.

"Emergency" means an occurrence or threatened occurrence for which action is necessary to save lives, protect property or to protect the health and safety of persons, or to avert the threat of damage to property or injury to persons, on the property of a public school, at an activity sponsored by a public school or on a school bus while the bus is engaged in its official duties for a public school.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1073)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.609)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.2343 - "Lockdown" defined.

"Lockdown" means a circumstance in which the persons on school property are restricted to the interior of a school building and isolated from threats until the school property and surrounding vicinity are deemed to be secure by:
1. If the school district has school police officers, the chief of school police of the school district or a person designated by him or her; or
2. If the school district does not have school police officers, the school resource officer or a person designated by him or her or, if the school district does not have school resource officers, a local law enforcement agency.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2727)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.2345 - "Public safety agency" defined.

"Public safety agency" means:
1. A public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish and suppress fires;
2. A law enforcement agency as defined in NRS 277.035; or
3. An emergency medical service.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 198)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.2358 - "School resource officer" defined.

"School resource officer" means a school police officer, deputy sheriff or other peace officer employed by a local law enforcement agency who is assigned to duty at one or more schools, interacts directly with pupils and whose responsibilities include, without limitation, providing guidance and information to pupils, families and educational personnel concerning the avoidance and prevention of crime.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2727; A 2019, 3239)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.246 - Report on compliance with requirements concerning plan; random audits of plan.

The Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military:
1. Shall prepare a report regarding the extent to which:
(a) The board of trustees of each school district, governing body of a charter school and each public school has complied with the provisions of NRS 388.243 and 388.245; and
(b) Each private school has complied with the provisions of NRS 394.1687 and 394.1688;
2. Shall, on or before January 1 of each year, submit the report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education; and
3. May conduct on a random basis audits of any plan submitted pursuant to NRS 388.243 and 388.245.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3232; A 2021, 2094)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.247 - School committee: Establishment; membership; terms of members.

1. The principal of each public school shall establish a school committee to review the plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.243 and make recommendations pursuant to NRS 388.249.
2. The membership of a school committee must consist of:
(a) The principal of the school;
(b) Two licensed employees of the school;
(c) One employee of the school who is not a licensed employee and who is not responsible for the administration of the school;
(d) One school police officer of the school if the school has school police officers; and
(e) One parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is enrolled in the school.
3. The membership of a school committee may also include any other person whom the principal of the school deems appropriate, including, without limitation:
(a) A member of the board of trustees of the school district in which the school is located or a member of the governing body of the charter school;
(b) A counselor of the school;
(c) A psychologist of the school;
(d) A licensed social worker of the school;
(e) A representative of a local law enforcement agency in the county, city or town in which the school is located;
(f) The State Fire Marshal or his or her designee or a representative of a local government responsible for enforcement of the ordinances, codes or other regulations governing fire safety; and
(g) A pupil in grade 7 or higher from the school if the school includes grade 7 or higher.
4. The principal of a public school, including, without limitation, a charter school, shall determine the term of each member of the school committee. Each school committee may adopt rules for its own management and government.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1326; A 2017, 4016; 2019, 3243)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.628)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.249 - School committee: Annual review of plan prepared by emergency operations plan development committee; determination whether to request deviation from plan; notice of review.

1. Each school committee shall, at least once each year, review the plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.243 and determine whether the school should deviate from the plan.
2. Each school committee shall, when reviewing the plan, consider the specific needs and characteristics of the school, including, without limitation, the length of time for law enforcement to respond to the school and for a fire-fighting agency to respond to a fire, explosion or other similar emergency.
3. If a school committee determines that the school should deviate from the plan, the school committee shall notify the emergency operations plan development committee that developed the plan, describe the proposed deviation and explain the reason for the proposed deviation. The school may deviate from the plan only if the deviation is approved by the emergency operations plan development committee pursuant to NRS 388.251.
4. Each public school shall post on the Internet website maintained by the school a notice of the completion of each review that the school committee performs pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1326; A 2011, 1076; 2017, 4017; 2019, 3243; 2021, 637, 2094)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.251 - Review by emergency operations plan development committee of proposed deviation from plan; notice of approval or denial; submission of copy of approved deviation to board of trustees or governing body.

1. An emergency operations plan development committee that receives a proposed deviation from a school committee pursuant to NRS 388.249 shall, within 60 days after it receives the proposed deviation:
(a) Review the proposed deviation and any information submitted with the proposed deviation; and
(b) Notify the school committee that submitted the proposed deviation whether the proposed deviation has been approved.
2. An emergency operations plan development committee shall provide a copy of each deviation that it approves pursuant to this section to the board of trustees of the school district that established the committee or to the governing body of the charter school that established the committee.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1326; A 2021, 638)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.255 - State Board: Adoption of regulations concerning development of plans; review of proposed deviations and requirements for training.

1. The State Board shall adopt regulations setting forth requirements for:
(a) The plan required to be developed pursuant to NRS 388.243; and
(b) Reviewing and approving a deviation pursuant to NRS 388.251.
2. The regulations adopted pursuant to this section must include, without limitation, requirements concerning training and practice in procedures for responding to a crisis, emergency or suicide.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1327; A 2011, 1077; 2017, 4018)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.644)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.2565 - Training for school resource officers in prevention of suicide.

The board of trustees of a school district, governing body of a charter school or governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall:
1. Ensure that each school resource officer receives training in the prevention of suicide; and
2. Allow a school resource officer to complete the training required by subsection 1 electronically and during working hours.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.259 - Confidentiality of plans, approved deviations and certain other information.

A plan developed or approved pursuant to NRS 388.243 or updated or approved pursuant to NRS 388.245, a deviation and any information submitted to an emergency operations plan development committee pursuant to NRS 388.249, a deviation approved pursuant to NRS 388.251 and the model plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.253 are confidential and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 388.229 to 388.266, inclusive, and 393.045 must not be disclosed to any person or government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1328; A 2007, 2100; 2015, 202; 2017, 2731, 4019; 2019, 1062, 3245; 2021, 640)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.261 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to emergency operations plan development committee, school committee and certain meetings of State Board, Department of Education and Division of Emergency Management of Office of the Military related to crisis and emergency response.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to a meeting of:
1. An emergency operations plan development committee;
2. A school committee;
3. The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of a charter school if the meeting concerns the review of a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 388.243 or a summary presented or provided pursuant to paragraph (e) or (i) of subsection 2 of NRS 388.910;
4. The State Board if the meeting concerns a regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 388.255;
5. The Department of Education if the meeting concerns the model plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.253; or
6. The Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military if the meeting concerns the review of a plan developed pursuant to NRS 388.243 or the review of a plan updated pursuant to NRS 388.245.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1328; A 2015, 203; 2019, 3246; 2021, 640, 2098)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.262 - Designation of emergency manager.

Each school district in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall designate a full-time employee to serve as an emergency manager whose job responsibilities are focused solely on the planning and coordination of available resources for the mitigation of, preparation and training for, response to and recovery from emergencies or crises.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2727)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.264 - Consultation with certain person regarding safety in schools before taking certain actions relating to buildings for schools or related facilities or acquiring sites for such buildings or facilities.

1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall consult with the person described in subsection 2 or 3, as applicable, regarding safety in schools before:
(a) Designing, constructing or purchasing new buildings for schools or related facilities;
(b) Enlarging, remodeling or renovating existing buildings for schools or related facilities; or
(c) Acquiring sites for building schools or related facilities.
2. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that plans to take an action described in subsection 1 shall consult with the emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262 or, if the school district has school police officers, the chief of school police of the school district or a person designated by him or her.
3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that plans to take an action described in subsection 1 shall consult with:
(a) If the school district has school police officers, the chief of school police of the school district or a person designated by him or her or, if the school district has designated a full-time employee to serve as an emergency manager, the emergency manager; or
(b) If the county has not designated a full-time employee to serve as an emergency manager and does not have school police officers, the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2727; A 2021, 2098)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.265 - Annual conference regarding safety in public schools; persons required or authorized to attend conference; State Public Charter School Authority required to annually discuss safety in charter schools at designated meeting, workshop or conference.

1. The Department of Education shall, at least once each year, coordinate with the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military, any emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262, any chief of police of a school district that has police officers and any school resource officer to conduct a conference regarding safety in public schools.
2. The board of trustees of each school district shall designate persons to attend the conference held pursuant to subsection 1. The persons so designated must include, without limitation:
(a) An administrator from the school district;
(b) If the school district has school resource officers, a school resource officer or a person designated by him or her;
(c) If the school district has school police officers, the chief of school police of the school district or a person designated by him or her; and
(d) If the school district has an emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262, the emergency manager.
3. The conference conducted pursuant to subsection 1 may be attended by:
(a) A licensed teacher of a school or charter school;
(b) Educational support personnel employed by a school district or charter school;
(c) The parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is enrolled in a public school;
(d) An employee of a local law enforcement agency; and
(e) A person employed or appointed to serve as a school police officer.
4. The State Public Charter School Authority shall annually, at a designated meeting of the State Public Charter School Authority or at a workshop or conference coordinated by the State Public Charter School Authority, discuss safety in charter schools. The governing body of each charter school shall designate persons to attend a meeting, workshop or conference at which such a discussion will take place pursuant to this subsection.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2728; A 2019, 3246; 2021, 2099)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.266 - Block grants to employ or contract with social workers and other mental health workers.

To the extent that money is available for the purpose, the Department shall:
1. Develop and carry into effect a program of block grants for the purposes described in subsection 2; and
2. Make and administer block grants to school districts and charter schools to employ or contract with social workers and other mental health workers in schools with identified needs.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.267 - Department to establish, review and update policies and procedures to ensure privacy of data concerning pupils.

1. The Department shall adopt any policies and procedures necessary to ensure the privacy of data concerning pupils which are consistent with relevant state and federal privacy laws, including, without limitation, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. At least once each biennium, the Department shall review and revise as necessary the policies and procedures described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.268 - Department to establish, publish and make available on its Internet website index of data elements for automated system of accountability information for Nevada; biennial update.

1. The Department shall establish, publish and make publicly available on its Internet website:
(a) An index of the data elements that the Department maintains or proposes to include in the automated system of accountability information for Nevada established pursuant to NRS 385A.800, including, without limitation:
(1) Data concerning individual pupils; and
(2) Aggregated data concerning pupils within a defined group.
(b) An explanation of the index of data elements established pursuant to paragraph (a), which must include, without limitation:
(1) A description of each data element concerning each individual pupil;
(2) The reason for collecting or proposing to collect each data element concerning each individual pupil; and
(3) The third-party service providers, organizations and agencies that have access to the data concerning individual pupils maintained by the Department in the automated system of accountability information for Nevada established pursuant to NRS 385A.800.
2. At least once each biennium, the Department shall update the information described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.269 - Board of trustees and governing body required to establish, publish and make publicly available certain information concerning data transferred to automated system of accountability for Nevada.

The board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of a charter school and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall establish, publish and make publicly available:
1. An index of categories of data, including, without limitation, data concerning individual pupils and aggregated data concerning pupils within a defined group transferred to the automated system of accountability information for Nevada established pursuant to NRS 385A.800; and
2. A list of the third-party service providers, organizations and agencies that have access to data concerning individual pupils maintained by the Department in the automated system of accountability information for Nevada established pursuant to NRS 385A.800.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2975)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.271 - Board of trustees and governing body to adopt policies and procedures governing use of certain software and manner in which data concerning pupils may be provided in certain circumstances.

The board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of a charter school and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall adopt policies and procedures governing:
1. The use by teachers and other educational personnel of software offered to users free of charge for basic services, but that requires users to pay for any additional or premium proprietary features, functionality or virtual goods; and
2. The manner in which data concerning pupils may be provided to a person when the provision of such data is not expressly authorized by the board of trustees or governing body, as applicable.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2976)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.272 - Required provisions for contracts that provide for disclosure of data that includes personally identifiable information of pupil.

1. Any contract entered into by the Department, a school district, a sponsor of a charter school, the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils or any public school that provides for the disclosure of data that includes any personally identifiable information of a pupil must include, without limitation:
(a) Provisions specifically to protect the privacy and security of the personally identifiable information; and
(b) A penalty for intentional or grossly negligent noncompliance with the terms of the contract, including, without limitation, provisions for termination of the contract and for the payment of monetary damages for any breach of the terms of the contract.
2. As used in this section, "personally identifiable information" has the meaning ascribed to it in 34 C.F.R. § 99.3.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.273 - Department to adopt data security plan; compliance with plan; school district, sponsor of charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils to submit annual report concerning changes to manner in which each collects, maintains or transfers data concerning pupils.

1. The Department, in consultation with each school district, the sponsor of each charter school and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall adopt a detailed plan to provide for the security of any data concerning pupils that is collected, maintained and transferred by the Department.
2. The board of trustees of each school district, the governing body of a charter school and the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall comply with and carry out the data security plan adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1.
3. Each school district, sponsor of a charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils shall prepare and submit to the Department an annual report concerning any significant changes to the manner in which the school district, charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils collects, maintains or transfers data concerning pupils for inclusion in the annual report prepared by the Department pursuant to NRS 385.230.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.281 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 388.281 to 388.296, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 388.282 to 388.285, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1850)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.283 - "School service" defined.

1. "School service" means an Internet website, online service or mobile application that:
(a) Collects or maintains personally identifiable information concerning a pupil;
(b) Is used primarily for educational purposes; and
(c) Is designed and marketed for use in public schools and is used at the direction of teachers and other educational personnel.
2. The term does not include:
(a) An Internet website, online service or mobile application that is designed or marketed for use by a general audience, even if the school service is also marketed to public schools;
(b) An internal database, system or program maintained or operated by a school district, charter school or university school for profoundly gifted pupils;
(c) A school service for which a school service provider has:
(1) Been designated by a school district, the sponsor of a charter school, the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the Department as a school official pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g;
(2) Entered into a contract with the school district, the sponsor of a charter school, the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the Department; and
(3) Agreed to comply with and be subject to the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, relating to personally identifiable information;
(d) Any examinations administered pursuant to NRS 390.105 or the college and career readiness assessment administered pursuant to NRS 390.610; or
(e) Any instructional programs purchased by a school district, a charter school, the governing body of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils or the Department.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1850; A 2017, 3233)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 388 - System of Public Instruction › NRS 388.285 - "Targeted advertising" defined.

"Targeted advertising" means presenting advertisements to a pupil where the advertisement is selected based on information obtained or inferred from the online behavior of a pupil, the use of applications by a pupil or personally identifiable information concerning a pupil. The term does not include advertising to a pupil at an online location based upon the current visit to the location by the pupil or a single search query without the collection and retention of the online activities of a pupil over time.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1851)