1. The board of trustees of each school district and the governing body of each charter school shall consult with the person described in subsection 2 or 3, as applicable, regarding safety in schools before:

(a) Designing, constructing or purchasing new buildings for schools or related facilities;

(b) Enlarging, remodeling or renovating existing buildings for schools or related facilities; or

(c) Acquiring sites for building schools or related facilities.

2. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that plans to take an action described in subsection 1 shall consult with the emergency manager designated pursuant to NRS 388.262 or, 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.

3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that plans to take an action described in subsection 1 shall consult with:

(a) 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 or, if the school district has designated a full-time employee to serve as an emergency manager, the emergency manager; or

(b) If the county has not designated a full-time employee to serve as an emergency manager and does not have school police officers, the Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2727)