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V.I. Code tit. 17, § 664 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 664. Prohibited conduct

 (a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not: (1) give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation; (2) furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract; or (3) furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent. (b) An athlete agent may not intentionally: (1) initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this chapter; (2) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by section 663 of this chapter; (3) fail to register when required by section 654 of this chapter; (4) provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration; (5) predate or postdate an agency contract; or (6) fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 665 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 665. Criminal penalties

 An athlete agent who violates section 664 is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $15,000 and imprisonment for not more than five years, or both fine and imprisonment.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 666 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 666. Civil remedies

 (a) An educational institution has a right of action against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused by a violation of this chapter. In an action under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney's fees. (b) Damages of an educational institution under subsection (a) include losses and expenses incurred because, as a result of the conduct of an athlete agent or former student-athlete, the educational institution was injured by a violation of this chapter or was penalized, disqualified, or suspended from participation in athletics by a national association for the promotion and regulation of athletics, by an athletic conference, or by reasonable self-imposed disciplinary action taken to mitigate sanctions likely to be imposed by such an organization. (c) A right of action under this section does not accrue until the educational institution discovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have discovered the violation by the athlete agent or former student-athlete. (d) Any liability of the athlete agent or the former student-athlete under this section is several and not joint. (e) This section does not restrict rights, remedies, or defenses of any person under law or equity.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 667 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 667. Administrative penalty

 The Lieutenant Governor may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of this chapter after the violating athlete agent has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the record before the Lieutenant Governor or his designee and in making the penalty assessment, the Lieutenant Governor has made findings of fact and conclusions of law.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 668 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 668. Uniformity of application and construction

 In applying and construing this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among States that enact it.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 669 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 669. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

 The provisions of this chapter governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or signatures, and of contracts formed or performed with the use of such records or signatures conform to the requirements of Section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, Pub. L. No. 106–229, 114 Stat. 464 (2000), and supersede, modify, and limit the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 670 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 39 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 670. Severability

 If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held valid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 751 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 41 - Career Day|§ 751. Career Day established

 The first day of May of each year shall be Career Day in the public schools of the Virgin Islands, and shall be devoted to providing in-depth guidance and counseling to high school students with regard to available careers in a wide variety of professions and occupations.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 752 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 41 - Career Day|§ 752. Participation by career representatives

 The Commissioner of Education shall each year invite participation in Career Day by representatives of the various professions and occupations and shall provide for booths, tables or rooms in the public high schools in which such career representatives shall be available to answer questions, distribute literature and otherwise furnish information regarding all aspects of the careers they have chosen.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 753 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 41 - Career Day|§ 753. Adoption of rules

 The Commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations pertaining to excusing students from classes in order to attend career day activities. If May first of a given year falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the Commissioner shall designate the day upon which Career Day shall be held and observed. The Commissioner may adopt such other rules and regulations as he deems necessary or desirable in making Career Day a successful and meaningful event for the Virgin Islands young people, including inviting the participation of high school students attending the private schools of the Virgin Islands
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 761 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 761. Legislative findings; intent

 The Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands hereby finds that school violence is a problem in the territory's schools. The Legislature also finds that there needs to be a reshaping of the approach to combating school violence. The Legislature further finds that the imposition of penalties alone is an insufficient and ultimately unworkable device for curbing school violence. As such, the Legislature finds that there currently exist a need for the insertion of an in-school mechanism for assisting our youngsters with handling inter-personal and inter-group conflicts without resorting to violent behavior. The Legislature proposes to implement a school-based, conflict resolution education program. The intent of conflict resolution education and consequently this chapter is to reduce violence, vandalism, chronic absence, and suspension in Virgin Islands schools. The goals of conflict resolution education are as follows: (1) offer problem-solving processes that can improve the school climate; (2) offer Virgin Islands students an alternative to self-destructive violent behavior when faced with interpersonal and inter-group conflicts; (3) help students and teachers deepen their understanding of themselves and others, thus developing important life skills; (4) provide training in negotiation, mediation, and consensus decision making as a means of encouraging a high level of citizenship activity; (5) shift the responsibility for solving nonviolent conflicts to students so that adults can be free to concentrate more on teaching and less on discipline; and (6) create behavior management systems that are more effective than detention, suspension, or expulsion in order to deal with conflict in the school setting.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 762 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 762. Definitions

 (1) “Conflict resolution” means the process of transforming individuals involved in interpersonal or inter-group confrontations from being adversaries to being partners in a side-by-side search for a fair agreement that is advantageous to both. (2) “Consensus decision making” means a group problem-solving process in which all of the parties in the dispute or representatives of each party collaborate to resolve the dispute by crafting a plan of action that all parties can and will support. This process may or may not be facilitated by a neutral party. (3) “Mediation” means a problem-solving process in which the two parties in the dispute or their representative meet face to face to work together to resolve the dispute assisted by a neutral third party called the “mediator.” (4) “Negotiation” means a problem-solving process in which either the two parties in the dispute or their representative meet face to face to work together unassisted to resolve the dispute between the parties.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 763 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 763. Approach utilized

 The conflict resolution education approach that shall be utilized in schools throughout the Virgin Islands is the “Peaceable School” approach. The peaceable school approach is a comprehensive whole-school methodology that utilizes conflict resolution as a system of operation for managing the school as well as the classroom. Conflict resolution principles and processes are learned and utilized by every member of the school community-librarians, teachers, counselors, students, principals, and parents.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 764 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 764. Conceptual framework

 The peaceable school approach integrates conflict resolution into the operation of the school. Every member of the school community learns and uses conflict resolution concepts and skills. Peaceable school climates reflect caring, honesty, cooperation, and appreciation for diversity. Peaceable schools incorporate: (1) cooperative learning environments; (2) direct instruction and practice of conflict resolution skills and processes; (3) noncoercive school and classroom management systems; and (4) integration of conflict resolution concepts and skills into the curriculum. Peaceable schools value and encourage diversity and promote peacemaking as the normative behavior of adults and students. Participants in the peaceable school apply conflict resolution skills to address interpersonal and inter-group problems and issues that confront students, faculty, administrators, and parents. Peaceable school programs offer all of the school community training in the problem-solving processes of conflict resolution. Consensus decision making characterizes each classroom. Negotiation is used by all members of the school community to resolve conflicts equitably. Peer mediation can be applied school-wide and as a service in the classroom to help disputing students settle their differences constructively. The goal of the peaceable school is to create a school wide discipline program focused on empowering students to regulate and control their own behavior. Educators are allowed to model an orderly, productive system through cooperation and persistent pursuit of constructive behavior.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 765 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 765. Tasks required

 The tasks required for the establishment of peaceable schools throughout the Virgin Islands shall include but not be limited to: (1) instituting conflict resolution training for adults; (2) designing behavior expectations and management systems in concert with conflict resolution theory; (3) building cooperation by incorporating cooperative learning and interaction activities into the classroom; (4) developing the scope and sequence of conflict resolution skills taught to students; (5) providing opportunities for an age-appropriate understanding of conflict and of peace and peacemaking; (6) providing opportunities for an age-appropriate understanding of the principles of conflict resolution based on integrative negotiation theory; (7) providing opportunities for each student to learn and practice problem-solving strategies of negotiation and/or consensus decision making within the classroom; (8) providing opportunities for students to serve as mediators in their classrooms to help peers resolve issues that they choose not to resolve or cannot resolve through negotiation or consensus decision making; (9) providing mediation training for those who want to become mediators in the school-wide program; and (10) developing an evaluation process to reach the goal of becoming a peaceable school.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 766 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 766. Fundamental skills

 The skills necessary for the effective development of a conflict resolution education program utilizing the peaceable school approach shall include but shall not be limited to the following: (1) Building a peaceable climate: Responsibility and cooperation are the foundation for all other skills in the peaceable school. To manage student behavior without coercion, adults must take the attitude that effective behavior is the responsibility of the student and strive to develop a sense of responsibility in each. (2) Understanding conflict: For students to engage in successful conflict resolution, they must have a shared understanding of the nature of conflict. The idea that psychological needs are the underlying cause of conflict is useful to students as they seek to resolve disputes through common interests. (3) Understanding peace and peacemaking: Peacemaking activities help students understand and practice the concept of peace. Students shall be taught that specific behaviors are associated with peacemaking, namely appreciating diversity, understanding perceptions, empathizing, dealing with emotions, managing anger, countering bias, and communicating. Principles of conflict resolution shall also be taught as peacemaking behaviors. (4) Mediation: Mediation involves assisted conflict resolution between disputants to be used in the classroom as a school wide vehicle for resolving conflicts. Training activities shall entail a mediation process that allows students to acquire the skills to act as impartial third parties when facilitating conflict resolution between disputants. (5) Negotiation: Disputants shall be taught to resolve their conflicts unassisted by stating their individual needs, focusing on their interests rather than their positions, and in so doing generate options for mutual gain. (6) Group Problem Solving: Group problem solving shall be taught as a creative strategy for dealing with conflicts involving a number of students within the class-room, within groups, and between groups in the school. The objective of the group shall be to achieve a consensus decision that, when implemented, will resolve the conflict.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 768 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42 - Conflict Resolution Education|§ 768. Effective date

 The Conflict Resolution Education program shall be implemented by all schools in the Virgin Islands by no later than January 31, 1999.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 780 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42B - Bullying Prevention, Gang Resistance Education and Training|§ 780. Purpose

 The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the creation of a bullying prevention, gang resistance education and training program.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 781 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42B - Bullying Prevention, Gang Resistance Education and Training|§ 781. Legislative findings; intent

 (a) The Legislature finds that bullying has a negative effect on the social environment of schools, creates a climate of fear among students, inhibits their ability to learn, and leads to other antisocial behavior: (1) Sexual, discrimination due to sexual orientation; and (2) Harassment. (b) Bullying behavior has been linked to other forms of antisocial behavior, such as: vandalism, shoplifting, truancy and non-completion of school, fighting, using drugs and alcohol, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. (c) The Legislature further finds that the number of youth delinquent gangs continues to rise on a territory-wide basis. Given the higher rates of criminal offenses by gang members, as well as the availability of increasingly lethal weapons, the spiraling level of criminal activity by gang members has taken on greater importance for law enforcement agencies, schools, the community, and prevention efforts.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 782 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42B - Bullying Prevention, Gang Resistance Education and Training|§ 782. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Virgin Islands Board of Education; (b) “Bullying prevention” includes but is not limited to instruction in the prevention and strategies for student-centered problem solving all of the following: (1) Intimidation; (2) Student victimization; (3) Sexual harassment; (4) Sexual violence; (5) Sexual, discrimination due to sexual orientation; and (6) Harassment. (c) “Gang resistance education and training” means instruction in, without limitation, each of the following subject matters when accompanied by a stated objective of reducing gang activity and educating children in grades K through 12 about the consequences of gang involvement: (1) Conflict resolution; (2) Cultural sensitivity; (3) Personal goal setting; and (4) Resisting peer pressure.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 783 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42B - Bullying Prevention, Gang Resistance Education and Training|§ 783. Implementation

 (a) Each school district shall make suitable provisions for instruction in bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. (b) The Department of Education shall incorporate the bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training with Conflict Resolution Education set forth in Title 17, Chapter 42. (c) The Board may collaborate with a community-based agency that provides specialized curricula in bullying prevention geared towards preventing sexual violence. (d) The Board shall collaborate with law enforcement agencies for the purposes of gang resistance education and training. The Department of Education shall assist in the development of instructional materials and training for all school personnel in relation to bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 784 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 42B - Bullying Prevention, Gang Resistance Education and Training|§ 784. Effective date

 Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this chapter, each school district shall create and maintain a policy on bullying, which must be filed with the Board. Each school district must communicate its policy on bullying to its students and their parents or guardians on an annual basis. The policy must be updated every two years and filed with the Board after being updated. The Board shall monitor the implementation of policies created under this subsection.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 800 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 43 - Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation|§ 800. Purpose

 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the creation of a protected cell corporation by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to be owned by the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation, defined as the “Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation,” as a means to provide Hosting Services to Knowledge-Based Businesses, in the Research and Technology Park and to offer tax benefits to the Protected Cells of the Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation. (b) The Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation shall be a public corporation and an autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Governor of the Virgin Islands. It shall be located in the Research and Technology Park and benefits under this chapter shall only be provided to such Corporation and its Protected Cells as defined in this chapter for revenue generated from its operations in the Research and Technology Park.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 801 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 43 - Research and Technology Park Protected Cell Corporation|§ 801. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: “Protected Cell” means a separate legal entity created pursuant to section 802 of this chapter and affiliated with the Protected Cell Corporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.