Existing law requires the Attorney General to publish model policies for limiting, to the fullest extent possible and consistent with any applicable law, immigration enforcement at certain public places, including public schools. (NRS 228.208) Section 1 of this bill prohibits a school district, public school or any employee of a school district or public school, except pursuant to a lawful court order or warrant, from providing a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, or other federal official engaging in the investigation or enforcement of immigration laws: (1) permission to access the grounds, buildings or facilities of a school district or public school; or (2) the education records of or information about a pupil or the family or household of a pupil. Section 1 additionally applies the prohibition on the provision of the education records of or information about a pupil or the family or household of a pupil to a state or local law enforcement officer engaged in the investigation or enforcement of immigration laws. Section 1 makes a violation of this prohibition punishable as a misdemeanor.
Existing law authorizes: (1) the board of trustees of a school district to employ, appoint or contract for the provision of school police officers; and (2) the governing body of a charter school to contract with the board of trustees of the school district in which the charter school is located to provide school police officers. (NRS 388A.384, 391.281) Section 2 of this bill makes it a misdemeanor for a school police officer or employee of a school district in a county whose population is 700,000 or more (currently only Clark County) to use a chemical agent or electronic stun device on a pupil or minor while: (1) on or in school grounds, property, buildings or any other school district facilities; (2) on or in the grounds, property, buildings or any other facilities in which a charter school is located, if the board of trustees of the school district has entered into a contract with the charter school for the provision of school police officers; or (3) at activities or events sponsored by the school district or charter school that are not located on school property. Section 2 additionally requires that, if a school police officer or employee of a school district uses or orders the use of a chemical agent or electronic stun device against a pupil or minor, the school in which he or she is assigned or the metropolitan police department or sheriff's office that is his or her employer, as applicable, must prepare and submit a report to the board of trustees of the school district in which the incident occurred. Section 2 further requires: (1) certain information to be included in the report; (2) the board of trustees of the school district to conduct an independent investigation of the incident; (3) the board of trustees of the school district to determine whether the incident was justified; and (4) the board of trustees of the school district to determine whether to change certain policies and procedures of the school district or make recommendations for the adoption or modification of certain policies to the metropolitan police department or sheriff's department.