NRS 388.243
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 Department of Public Safety
- compliance with plan required.
1.
Each 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. Each 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. Each 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 Department of Public Safety 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; and(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.3.
Each development committee shall provide 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 approval to the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety 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.
Source:
Section 388.243 — 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 Department of Public Safety; compliance with plan required., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-388.html#NRS388Sec243.