Programs that issue bulletins or otherwise provide information to the public regarding schools that are closed following a disaster or other emergency that has disrupted the normal functioning of educational services in the community. An emergency closing is any unscheduled closing, late opening, or early release from school because of inclement weather, an epidemic, breakdown in plant equipment, a threat to the safety or welfare of the pupils, or a locally, statewide or nationally declared emergency that affects the ability to operate school safety.