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V.I. Code tit. 17, § 89 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 89. Apprehension of, and manner of dealing with, truant

 (a) Any child of compulsory school age, who is found anywhere other than on the school’s premises in which the child is enrolled, during school hours, without an acceptable excuse having been furnished by a parent or guardian to the appropriate school official, or who is not enrolled in a school as required by law, must be taken into custody by any teacher, principal, attendance officer, or other school official, or by any police officer, peace officer, or truant officer, and must be held until a parent or guardian is summoned or appears and secures the child’s release. The child may be released at the request of the Commissioner of Education, or placed in school as directed by the Commissioner or the Insular Superintendent. (b) Subsection (a) is not applicable to children: (1) who are home-schooled; (2) who are accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other adult person authorized to have the care and custody of the child; (3) who are on supervised school trips; (4) who are on any school-to-work assignment; or (5) who have graduated from high school before the age of 18. (c) Subsection (a) is not applicable on holidays provided for in title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 7, sections 62, 63, and 64 and on other holidays, vacation times, administrative leave days, teachers’ professional developmental days or any other day that schools are not in session, as may be designated by the Commissioner of Education or the head administrator at a private or parochial school. (d) At the discretion of the Department of Education, any child demonstrating problems of truancy may be referred to the Department of Human Services for Children, Youth and Families. Pursuant to such referral the Department of Human Services shall provide the necessary social services and make such reports to the Department of Education as may be necessary or helpful to the proper educational and social development of the child. If, as a result of a joint determination by the Department of Human Services and Education, the child appears to be an incorrigible truant, the Department of Education shall file a complaint with the Family Division of the Superior Court of the jurisdiction in which the child resides. For the purposes of this section, an incorrigible truant shall mean a child of compulsory school age who wilfully, deliberately, and continuously absents himself from school and who fails to respond in a positive by the Departments of Education and Human Services.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 90 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 90. Dismissal or transfer of pupils

 Pupils may be dismissed from school or transferred by the Commissioner of Education in the following instances— (1) change of residence of pupils to a place outside of the legislative district; (2) when a parent or guardian requests dismissal because the child is beyond compulsory school age; and (3) when a child is fifteen years of age and has completed the requirements of the course of study for the elementary schools, and his parent or guardian requests his dismissal. A child under fifteen years of age may be excused when he has completed the course of study for elementary schools and lives beyond walking distance to a higher school and free transportation is not provided; and for such other reasons as may be prescribed by order of the Virgin Islands Board of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 91 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 91. Expulsion of pupils; appeal

 (a) The Commissioner of Education may authorize or order the expulsion from public school of any pupil guilty of gross misconduct or persistent disobedience, or having bad habits, or being in a physical condition detrimental to the best interests of the school, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Virgin Islands Board of Education. Any parent aggrieved by such expulsion may appeal to the Board for review of such order within 30 days after the date thereof. (b) The Commissioner of Education shall order the expulsion from public school for a period of not less than one year of any pupil who brings or possesses a firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a), on school property or at a school function. (1) “School property” means in or within any building, structure, athletic playing field, playground, parking lot or land contained within the real property boundary line of a public elementary or secondary school; or in or on a school bus or at a school function. (2) “School function” means any event or activity that is under the supervision and control of a public school. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Commissioner of Education or the Virgin Islands Board of Education on appeal, may modify, in writing, the length of the expulsion on a case-by-case basis based on the specific circumstances surrounding each incident. (d) Any parent or guardian aggrieved by such an expulsion may appeal to the Board of Education for review of such order within thirty (30) days after the date thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 92 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 92. Notice for registration of children reaching school age

 Once a year the Commissioner of Education shall give public notice to parents or guardians of children who will be of school age during the year to enter the names of such children on the school lists.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 93 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 93. Information on pupils available to Police Department

 Parents, guardians, and managers of landed properties shall give to the Commissioner of Education, on demand, all school information in their possession regarding children under their control.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 94 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 94. Census of school children

 In the month of May, of each year, the Commissioner of Education shall make a list of all the children residing in each legislative district who are between the ages of five and fifteen years with the data as required for school purposes and school registers.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 95 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 95. Appointment of attendance officers

 The Governor may appoint persons to act as attendance officers. The persons appointed shall have the power to compel attendance in accordance with the provisions of sections 82 and 89 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 96 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 96. School information furnished to Department of Education

 The principal or other person or persons in charge of every public, private, denominational, parochial, or any other school at the opening of such school or schools each year and at such other time or times as the Commissioner of Education directs, shall furnish to the Department of Education, the name, age, and grade of every child who has enrolled at such school or schools and other information required by the Commissioner.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 97 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 97. Furnishing birth certificates

 The Commissioner of Health shall furnish without charge to the Commissioner of Education, upon request, the birth certificate of any child of compulsory school age born in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 101 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter II - Free Bus Transportation|§ 101. Rules and regulations covering free transportation generally

 The Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Governor, shall prescribe rules and regulations covering the free transportation of school children within and without the urban areas of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 102 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter II - Free Bus Transportation|§ 102. Manner of applying for free transportation; means of compensating, etc.

 The manner of applying for free transportation, the means of compensating the carrier, and the distances for which free transportation shall be furnished shall be according to rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 103 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter II - Free Bus Transportation|§ 103. School bus operators shall be qualified

 After September 1, 1980, no person shall operate any motor vehicle to transport children to or from school, school athletic events, or any other school activity, for which transportation is provided pursuant to an agreement with the Department of Education, unless such person shall have obtained a school bus operator's license in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Police Commissioner after consultation with the Commissioner of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 104 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 9 - School Attendance|Subchapter II - Free Bus Transportation|§ 104. Student transportation discount card

 (a) All students of the Virgin Islands enrolled full-time in public, private or parochial schools, and full-time students of the University of the Virgin Islands shall be eligible for a public transportation discount card, regardless of age. (b) The Department of Public Works, through the Office of the Commissioner of Public Works, shall be responsible for establishing a system for effectively instituting the student transportation discount card by September of 1993, and may charge a yearly fee for the issuance of such card, not to exceed five dollars. (c) Students using the discount cards shall receive a discount of twenty-five percent (25%), on the city and country routes of the Virgin Islands Transit System (VITRAN), at any time. (d) To receive the student discount card, each student shall appear in person and present a current student identification card from the school they attend to the designated personnel of the Department of Public Works, who shall issue a transportation discount card bearing the name of the student, the school he or she attends, the student's social security number, and a photo identification of that student, and any other necessary information. The discount card shall be issued for a period of one calendar year. (e) The student, upon receiving the discount card, must present that card to the bus driver before depositing the discounted fee into the bus' fee collector.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 261 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 23 - Vocational Education and Vocational Rehabilitation|Subchapter I - Career and Technical Education|§ 261. Acceptance of Federal benefits

 The Government of the Virgin Islands accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved March 18, 1950, entitled “An Act to Extend the Benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 to the Virgin Islands,” and the Act of Congress, approved August 1, 1946, entitled “An Act To Amend the Act of June 8, 1936, relating to Vocational Education, so as to provide for the further development of career and technical education in the several States and Territories,” and any act or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 262 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 23 - Vocational Education and Vocational Rehabilitation|Subchapter I - Career and Technical Education|§ 262. Powers and duties of Board

 The Virgin Islands Board for Career and Technical Education shall be the sole agency for the administration of the career and technical programs in the Virgin Islands under this subchapter and the Acts of Congress referred to in section 261 of this title, and shall— (1) cooperate with the Office of Education, within the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in the administration of all Acts of Congress relating to career and technical education, provide for the certification of private schools and programs in the field of career and technical education and administer all provisions of this Code relating thereto, as well as any other legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the Legislature; (2) approve plans for cooperating with the Federal Government in carrying out any and all phases of the career and technical education program in which it may find cooperation to be desirable; (3) administer the funds provided by the Federal Government and the Legislature for the promotion of career and technical education in qualifications for teachers and supervisors of such subjects, and, distributive education; (4) approve plans for the promotion of career and technical education as an essential and integral part of the public school system in the Virgin Islands, and provide for the preparation of teachers in such subjects; (5) make certification for payment of the compensation of officials and other personnel appointed under section 99 of Title 3 for the proper administration in the Virgin Islands of the provisions of this subchapter and of any Federal Acts relating to career and technical education, and of other expenses of administration of such career and technical education programs, from funds appropriated for these purposes; (6) provide for the making of studies and investigations relating to career and technical education in such subjects; (7) promote, maintain, and aid in the establishment of schools, departments, or classes for training in such subjects, prescribe the qualifications for teachers and supervisors of such subjects, and, subject to the approval of the Governor, provide for the certification, selection, determination of salaries, and appointment of such teachers and supervisors; (8) establish and determine by general regulations the qualifications to be possessed by persons engaged in the training of career and technical education programs and for the articulation of this work with other phases of the territorial programs; (9) do all things necessary to entitle the Virgin Islands to receive the benefits of all funds appropriated to the Virgin Islands under the Acts of Congress referred to in this section; (10) prepare and issue rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration of this subchapter; and (11) prepare an annual budget pursuant to 2 V.I.C. § 23 for the Board’s operation; and (12) make an annual report to the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 263 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 23 - Vocational Education and Vocational Rehabilitation|Subchapter I - Career and Technical Education|§ 263. Career-Technical Education Training Fund

 (a) There is hereby created and established as a separate and distinct fund within the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be designated and known as the “Vocational-Technical Education Training Fund”. No funds shall be available for expenditure from the Vocational-Technical Education Training Fund except as provided herein. (b) All funds received under Acts of Congress and apportioned for career and technical education in the public schools and all monies appropriated pursuant to this subchapter shall be deposited in the Career-Technical Education Training Fund. (c) All tuition fees paid by students attending career and technical programs created pursuant to this title shall be deposited in the Vocational-Technical Education Training Fund. (d) The Commissioner of Finance shall disburse monies from the Career-Technical Education Fund exclusively for the use by the career and technical educational programs established by and conducted pursuant to this title, and only upon the authorization of the Commissioner of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 264 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 23 - Vocational Education and Vocational Rehabilitation|Subchapter I - Career and Technical Education|§ 264. Authority to administer manpower development and training programs

 In order to continue to participate in programs under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (42 U.S.C. 2571–2620), the Department of Education and Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency are each authorized to administer manpower development and training programs and to pay training allowances, to execute on behalf of the Virgin Islands agreements or contracts with the appropriate Federal agencies containing such provisions as may be necessary or desirable to enable the Virgin Islands to participate in such programs, to expend all funds made available for the purpose of such programs by the Virgin Islands or local subdivisions thereof or by the Federal government, to supervise the expenditure of such funds and conduct of such programs by other public and private agencies in the Virgin Islands, and to make such reports and certifications as are called for, and otherwise to cooperate with the Federal government and its departments and agencies, in the administration of such programs.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 273 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 23 - Vocational Education and Vocational Rehabilitation|Subchapter II - Career and Technical Rehabilitation|§ 273. Miscellaneous

 Funds necessary to accomplish the mandates of the Federal Act shall be provided from Federal and/or territorial sources through appropriation. Members, employees and other authorized persons shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred while attending to the official business of the Council. Such reimbursement will be according to the rules of the Council.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 344 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 27 - Hospitality Training School|Subchapter II - Museums|§ 344. Assistance to private museums

 Private museums organized as non-profit corporations may be given assistance in the form of public grants authorized by the Legislature or by assignment of government personnel on a temporary basis not to exceed an aggregate of thirty days in any one year: provided, that the Governor, in his discretion, may appoint a representative on the Board of Trustees of such museums: provided further, that such museums meet the minimum standards which may be prescribed by the Virgin Islands Board of Education: and provided further, that they permit the Commissioner of Education or his authorized representative to survey their activities for the purpose of reporting to the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 481 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter I - Declaration of Purpose; Short Title; Definitions|§ 481. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation Act.”
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 483 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter II - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|§ 483. Public corporation

 There is hereby created the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, which shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands. Its debts, obligations, contracts, bonds, receipts, expenditures, funds, accounts, projects and property shall be those of the Corporation, and not those of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or the University of the Virgin Islands, or any office, bureau, department, commission, officer, agent or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands or the University of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 484 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter II - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|§ 484. Corporate purposes

 The corporate purposes of the Corporation shall be the same as those purposes set forth in section 480 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 485 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter II - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|§ 485. Board of Directors

 (a) Composition. The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by a seven member Board of Directors. (1) The Board of Directors shall consist of: (A) the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of the Virgin Islands and the President of the University of the Virgin Islands as ex-officio members with a vote; (B) two members selected by the Board of Trustees from among its members with the advice and consent of the Legislature; and (C) three members from the private sector appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislature”; (2) The member of the Board selected from among the Trustees must be a trustee at the time of the appointment to the Board of the Research Park, but is not required to be a trustee as a condition of continued service on the Board of the Research and Technology Development Park, provided however, that such continued service may not exceed six months beyond the date the member's service on the Board of Trustees has ended. (3) The Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall serve as the Secretary of the Board. The Secretary shall be empowered, along with such other Corporation officers as the Board may designate, to affix the corporate seal. (b) Terms. Each member of the Board appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor up to a maximum term of five (5) years. Each member of the Board selected from among the Trustees shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees until their successor is appointed. (c) Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall serve for a period of two years. (d) Quorum. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business to be conducted at a meeting of the Board and all action shall be taken by a vote of a majority of those present at such a meeting, unless otherwise provided herein.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 487 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter II - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|§ 487. Executive Director; powers and duties

 The Board may appoint an Executive Director of the Corporation, who shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To hire and remove employees of the Corporation for cause; (b) To be responsible for the general administration of the Corporation; (c) To have such other powers and duties as the Board may deem proper.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 487A (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 34 - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|Subchapter II - University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park|§ 487A. Taxation of the Corporation

 The purposes for which the Corporation is created and shall exercise its powers being essential public purposes, the Corporation, its property, income and activities, shall be exempt from all taxes, special assessments and license fees of the Virgin Islands or any political subdivision thereof.