This checklist provides guidance to school districts developing emergency operations plans to meet federal and state requirements, including forming a collaborative development committee with various stakeholders including representatives from a local law enforcement agency and emergency management organization.

1. The board of trustees of each school district shall establish a development committee to 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. The governing body of each charter school shall establish a development committee to 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.
2. The membership of a development committee must consist of: (a) At least one member of the board of trustees or of the governing body that established the committee; (b) At least one administrator of a school in the school district or of the charter school; (c) At least one licensed teacher of a school in the school district or of the charter school; (d) At least one employee of a school in the school district or of the charter school who is not a licensed teacher and who is not responsible for the administration of the school; (e) At least one parent or legal guardian of a pupil who is enrolled in a school in the school district or in the charter school; (f) At least one representative of a local law enforcement agency in the county in which the school district or charter school is located; (g) At least one school police officer, including, without limitation, a chief of school police of the school district if the school district has school police officers; (h) At least one representative of a state or local organization for emergency management; and (i) At least one mental health professional, including, without limitation: (1) A counselor of a school in the school district or of the charter school; (2) A psychologist of a school in the school district or of the charter school; or (3) A licensed social worker of a school in the school district or of the charter school.
3. The membership of a development committee may also include any other person whom the board of trustees or the governing body deems appropriate, including, without limitation: (a) A pupil in grade 10 or higher of a school in the school district or a pupil in grade 10 or higher of the charter school if a school in the school district or the charter school includes grade 10 or higher; and (b) An attorney or judge who resides or works in the county in which the school district or charter school is located.
4. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall determine the term of each member of the development committee that it establishes. Each development committee may adopt rules for its own management and government.

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.

1. Each development committee shall, at least once each year, review and update as appropriate the plan that it developed pursuant to NRS 388.243. In reviewing and updating the plan, the development committee shall 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.
2. Each development committee shall provide an updated copy of the plan 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.

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.

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: (a) Consult with the local social service agencies and law enforcement agencies in the county, city or town in which its school is located. (b) 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. (c) 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 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 development committee pursuant to NRS 388.251.
4. Each public school shall post at the school a notice of the completion of each review that the school committee performs pursuant to this section.

1. A 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. A 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.

1. The Department of Education shall, at least once each year, coordinate with the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety, 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.

1. Each school committee shall, at least once each year, review the plan developed for its school pursuant to NRS 394.1687 and determine whether the school should deviate from the plan.
2. Each school committee shall, when reviewing the plan, consult with : (a) The local social service agencies and law enforcement agencies in the county, city or town in which its school is located. (b) 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.
3. If a school committee determines that its school should deviate from the plan, the school committee shall notify the 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 development committee pursuant to NRS 394.1692.
4. Each private school shall post at the school a notice of the completion of each review that its school committee performs pursuant to this section.