Nevada Code § 392.915

Threatening to cause bodily harm or death to pupil or school employee by means of oral, written or electronic communication; penalties
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1. A person shall not, through the use of
any means of oral, written or electronic communication, including, without
limitation, through the use of cyber-bullying, knowingly threaten to cause
bodily harm or death to a pupil or employee of a school district or charter
school with the intent to:
(a) Intimidate, harass, frighten, alarm or
distress a pupil or employee of a school district or charter school;
(b) Cause panic or civil unrest; or
(c) Interfere with the operation of a public
school, including, without limitation, a charter school.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by
specific statute, a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty
of:
(a) A misdemeanor, unless the provisions of
paragraph (b) apply to the circumstances.
(b) A gross misdemeanor, if the threat causes:
(1) Any pupil or employee of a school
district or charter school who is the subject of the threat to be intimidated,
harassed, frightened, alarmed or distressed;
(2) Panic or civil unrest; or
(3) Interference with the operation of a
public school, including, without limitation, a charter school.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Cyber-bullying has the meaning ascribed to
it in NRS 388.123 .
(b) Oral, written or electronic communication
includes, without limitation, any of the following:
(1) A letter, note or any other type of
written correspondence.
(2) An item of mail or a package delivered
by any person or postal or delivery service.
(3) A telegraph or wire service, or any
other similar means of communication.
(4) A telephone, cellular phone, satellite
phone, page or facsimile machine, or any other similar means of communication.
(5) A radio, television, cable,
closed-circuit, wire, wireless, satellite or other audio or video broadcast or
transmission, or any other similar means of communication.
(6) An audio or video recording or reproduction,
or any other similar means of communication.
(7) An item of electronic mail, a modem or
computer network, or the Internet, or any other similar means of communication.

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