"Corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain, including, without limitation, hitting, pinching or striking.
Nevada School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Corporal Punishment
Nevada School Discipline Laws & Regulations: Corporal Punishment
Category: Conditions on Use of Certain Forms of Discipline
Subcategory: Corporal Punishment
State: Nevada
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LAWS
NRS 388.478. "Corporal punishment" defined.
NRS 392.303. Employee of or volunteer for school required to make report; timing of and entity to be notified of report; investigation of reports.
1. In addition to the reporting required by NRS 432B.220, if, in his or her capacity as an employee of or volunteer for a public school or private school, such an employee or volunteer knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to:
(a) Abuse or neglect, sexual conduct in violation of NRS 201.540 or luring in violation of NRS 201.560 by another employee of or volunteer for a public school or private school, the employee or volunteer who has such knowledge or reasonable cause to believe shall report the abuse or neglect, sexual conduct or luring to the agency which provides child welfare services in the county in which the school is located and a law enforcement agency.
(b) Corporal punishment in violation of NRS 392.4633 or 394.366 by another employee of or volunteer for a public school or private school, the employee or volunteer who has such knowledge or reasonable cause to believe shall report the corporal punishment to the agency which provides child welfare services in the county in which the school is located.
2. A report pursuant to subsection 1 must be made as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 24 hours after the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or a violation of NRS 201.540, 201.560, 392.4633 or 394.366.
3. If a law enforcement agency that receives a report pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 concludes that there is not probable cause to believe that the person allegedly responsible for the abuse or neglect or who allegedly violated NRS 201.540 or 201.560 committed the act of which he or she is accused, the law enforcement agency shall notify the agency which provides child welfare services of that determination.
4. If a school police officer receives a report pursuant to this section of an offense that is punishable as a category A felony, the school police officer shall notify the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the school.
5. A law enforcement agency, other than a school police officer, shall notify a school police officer, if such an officer is employed in the school district, if the law enforcement agency receives a report pursuant to this section of an offense that is punishable as a felony and:
(a) Allegedly occurred:
(1) On the property of a public school for which the board of trustees of the school district has employed or appointed school police officers;
(2) At an activity sponsored by such a school; or
(3) On a school bus while the school bus was being used by such a school for an official school-related purpose; or
(b) Was allegedly committed by a person who the law enforcement agency has reasonable cause to believe is an employee or volunteer of such a school.
6. An agency which provides child welfare services shall assess all allegations contained in any report made pursuant to this section and, if the agency deems appropriate, assign the matter for investigation.
7. Nothing in NRS 392.275 to 392.365, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit an agency which provides child welfare services and a law enforcement agency from undertaking simultaneous investigations of the abuse or neglect of a child or a violation of NRS 201.540 or 201.560.
NRS 392.305. Method of making report; content.
1. A person may make a report pursuant to NRS 392.303 by telephone or, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, by any other means of oral, written or electronic communication that a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, is a reliable and swift means of communicating information to the person who receives the report. If the report is made orally, the person who receives the report must reduce it to writing as soon as reasonably practicable.
2. The report must contain the following information, if obtainable and to the extent applicable:
(a) The name, address, age and sex of the child and the school in which the child is enrolled;
(b) The name and address of the child's parents or other person responsible for the care of the child;
(c) The nature and extent of the abuse or neglect of the child or the sexual conduct, luring or corporal punishment to which the child was subjected;
(d) The name, address and relationship, if known, of the person who is alleged to have abused or neglected, engaged in sexual contact with, lured or administered corporal punishment to, the child; and
(e) Any other information known to the person making the report that the agency which provides child welfare services considers necessary.
NRS 392.4633. Corporal punishment prohibited.
1. Corporal punishment must not be administered upon a pupil in any public school.
2. Subsection 1 does not prohibit any person from defending himself or herself if attacked by a pupil.
3. As used in this section, "corporal punishment" means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon or the physical restraint of a pupil for disciplinary purposes. The term does not include the use of reasonable and necessary force:
(a) To quell a disturbance that threatens physical injury to any person or the destruction of property;
(b) To obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a pupil's control;
(c) For the purpose of self-defense or the defense of another person; or
(d) To escort a disruptive pupil who refuses to go voluntarily with the proper authorities.
REGULATIONS
No relevant regulations found.