(1) For purposes of this section, “school” means any: Elementary school, middle school or high school;
(2) College of applied technology or postsecondary vocational or technical school; or
(3) Two-year or four-year college or university.
(4) A person commits the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee if: The person communicates to another a threat to cause the death of or serious bodily injury to a school employee and the threat is directly related to the employee's scope of employment;
(5) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;
(6) The person to whom the threat is made reasonably believes that the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat; and
(7) The person making the threat intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in the commission of the threatened act and the threatened act and the substantial step when taken together: Are corroborative of the person's intent to commit the threatened act; and
(8) Occur close enough in time to evidence an intent and ability to commit the threatened act.
(9) Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of thirty (30) days.