Assembly Bill No. 376–Assemblyman Bache

March 3, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Education

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes regarding provision of police services in certain public schools. (BDR 34-152)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to law enforcement; requiring the boards of trustees of certain school districts to employ a chief of school police; authorizing the boards of trustees of certain school districts to contract with metropolitan police departments for police services; authorizing the boards of trustees of certain other school districts to contract with the county sheriff for police services; providing for the creation of a school police unit within a metropolitan police department that has entered into a contract with the board of trustees; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 391.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 391.100 1. The board of trustees of a school district may employ a

1-3 superintendent of schools, teachers and all other necessary employees.

1-4 2. The board of trustees of a school district:

1-5 (a) May employ teacher aides and other auxiliary, nonprofessional

1-6 personnel to assist licensed personnel in the instruction or supervision of

1-7 children, either in the classroom or at any other place in the school or on

1-8 the grounds thereof; and

1-9 (b) Shall establish policies governing the duties and performance of

1-10 teacher aides.

1-11 3. Each applicant for employment pursuant to this section, except a

1-12 teacher or other person licensed by the superintendent of public instruction,

1-13 must, as a condition to employment, submit to the school district a full set

1-14 of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the school district to

2-1 forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the

2-2 central repository for Nevada records of criminal history for their reports

2-3 on the criminal history of the applicant.

2-4 4. The board of trustees of a school district may employ or appoint

2-5 persons to serve as school police officers. If the board of trustees of a

2-6 school district employs or appoints persons to serve as school police

2-7 officers, the board of trustees shall employ a law enforcement officer to

2-8 serve as the chief of school police who is supervised by the

2-9 superintendent of schools of the school district. The chief of school police

2-10 shall supervise each person appointed or employed by the board of

2-11 trustees as a school police officer. In addition, persons who provide

2-12 police services pursuant to subsection 5 or 6 shall be deemed school

2-13 police officers.

2-14 5. The board of trustees of a school district in a county that has a

2-15 metropolitan police department created pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS,

2-16 may contract with the metropolitan police department for the provision

2-17 and supervision of police services in the public schools within the

2-18 jurisdiction of the metropolitan police department and on property

2-19 therein that is owned by the school district. If a contract is entered into

2-20 pursuant to this subsection, the contract must make provision for the

2-21 transfer of each school police officer employed by the board of trustees to

2-22 the metropolitan police department. If the board of trustees of a school

2-23 district contracts with a metropolitan police department pursuant to this

2-24 subsection, the board of trustees shall, if applicable, cooperate with

2-25 appropriate local law enforcement agencies within the school district for

2-26 the provision and supervision of police services in the public schools

2-27 within the school district and on property owned by the school district but

2-28 outside the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police department.

2-29 6. The board of trustees of a school district in a county that does not

2-30 have a metropolitan police department created pursuant to chapter 280

2-31 of NRS, may contract with the sheriff of that county for the provision of

2-32 police services in the public schools within the school district and on

2-33 property therein that is owned by the school district.

2-34 Sec. 2. Chapter 280 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-35 new section to read as follows:

2-36 1. The department may enter into a contract with the board of

2-37 trustees of the school district located in the county served by the

2-38 department for the provision and supervision of police services in the

2-39 public schools within the school district and on property owned by the

2-40 school district. If the department enters into a contract pursuant to this

2-41 section, the department shall create a separate unit designated as the

2-42 school police unit for this purpose.

3-1 2. The department may establish different qualifications and training

3-2 requirements for officers assigned to the school police unit than those

3-3 generally applicable to officers of the department.

3-4 Sec. 3. NRS 280.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-5 280.320 1. A department is a local government employer for the

3-6 purpose of the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Act

3-7 and a public employer for the purpose of the Public Employees’ Retirement

3-8 Act.

3-9 2. In negotiations arising under the provisions of chapter 288 of NRS:

3-10 (a) The committee or two or more persons designated by it; and

3-11 (b) The sheriff or a person designated by him,

3-12 shall represent the department.

3-13 3. In negotiations arising under the provisions of chapter 288 of

3-14 NRS, a school police unit must be considered a separate bargaining unit.

3-15 Sec. 4. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.

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