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 1 of this bill requires, on or before the first day of each school year, the board of trustees of a school district that employs school police officers and the governing body of a charter school that has entered into a contract for the provision of school police officers to prepare and publish on the Internet website of the school district or charter school, as applicable, a report relating to the use of force by school police officers during the immediately preceding school year. Section 1 also sets forth the requirements for such a report.
Section 5.5 of this bill provides that the first report required pursuant to section 1: (1) is due on or before the first day of the 2026-2027 school year; and (2) must contain the information required pursuant to section 1 for the 2025-2026 school year.