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V.I. Code tit. 17, § 60c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 5 - Public Schools|§ 60c. Site based management

 (a) The Commissioner of Education shall develop policies and guidelines for the implementation of site-based management and control of the acquisition process for all public high schools in the Virgin Islands which will allow individual public high schools maximum operational and budgetary flexibility and ability to plan comprehensively. The Commissioner in effectuating the provisions of this section may utilize the Dolan Model of School Management. The Commissioner shall submit a progress report by June 30, 2002, to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands noting the status of the development of policies and guidelines for the implementation of the site-based management. (b) Not later than 30 working days following the effective date of the annual budget for the operation of the Government of the Virgin Islands, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make available the annual allotments to each of the public high schools in the Territory necessary to carry out the provisions of school site-based management to allow individual public high schools maximum operational and budgetary flexibility. The Commissioner shall submit a progress report by June 30, 2002, to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands noting the status of the development of policies for the implementation of a reliable substitute teacher pool. (c) The principals and administrators of the public high schools in the Virgin Islands in collaboration with the Commissioner and Board of Education and the University of the Virgin Islands, are authorized to assist in the development and implementation of policies for the establishment of a reliable substitute teacher pool, and student awards and attendance incentive program in the public high schools of the Virgin Islands. (1) Each principal of an elementary school, a junior high or a senior high school in the Virgin Islands may issue payroll checks to substitute teachers from the Substitute Teachers Pool, established in this subsection. (2) Two weeks before the commencement of the school year, the Commissioner of Finance shall fund a school's substitute teacher's pool fund the cost of any necessary school repairs and improvements for school accreditation and compliance as follows: (A) $150,000 for a senior high school; (B) $100,000 for a junior high school; and (C) The sums in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall remain available to the particular school until expended. (3) The Department of Education shall establish rules and regulations for the operation and management of the substitute teacher's pool.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 60d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 5 - Public Schools|§ 60d. Small-purchase authority [Renumbered]

 (a) Notwithstanding title 31 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 23, the Department of Education may purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, if the cost of the purchase or contract does not exceed $50,000. (b) Each principal of a public school in the Virgin Islands shall, in a manner described in this chapter, purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, required by the particular school when such purchase or contract is not estimated to exceed $50,000. (c) The Virgin Islands Department of Education shall employ and assign persons trained and experienced in fiscal and budgetary management at each public junior high and senior high school in the Virgin Islands to assist principals in the procurement processes and audits.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 61a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Year and Holidays|§ 61a. School calendar

 (a) The school year must begin no earlier than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August and end no later than the second Friday in June. (b) The Department of Education, pursuant to title 24 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 14, shall set the school calendar. (c) The school calendar under subsection (b) must include no less than 1080 hours of pupil instruction.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 62 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Year and Holidays|§ 62. Public school holidays

 Holidays for pupils and teachers in the public schools and for school lunch workers in public, private, or denominational schools who are employed by the Department of Education and who actually work in such schools, shall be as follows: (1) Saturday and all legal holidays. (2) Christmas school holidays as set by the Department of Education pursuant to Title 24, chapter 14, Virgin Islands Code. (3) summer vacations as provided herein; (4) Easter holidays as set by the Department of Education pursuant to Title 24, chapter 14, Virgin Islands Code; and (5) such other special holidays as the Governor may proclaim.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 63 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Year and Holidays|§ 63. Holidays for schools other than public

 The schedule of holidays for schools other than public schools shall be arranged by the authorities in such schools; provided, that there shall be not more than ninety days' vacation in any one school year, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 64 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Year and Holidays|§ 64. Religious holidays; pupils absence excused

 (a) The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall prescribe rules relative to absences of pupils for religious holidays, including but not limited to a list of holidays on which it shall be mandatory to excuse a pupil of the faith for which a particular religious holiday is declared. In addition, the Board of Education may, in its discretion, excuse the absence of a pupil on any other day by reason of the observance of a religious holiday. (b) Any absence because of a religious holiday shall be recorded as excused absence on the pupil's attendance record or on that of any group or class of which he is a member, and any transcript or application for employment form or any other similar form on which information concerning a pupil's attendance record is requested shall show, with respect to absences, only absences other than those excused due to religious holidays. In addition, no pupil shall be denied the right to receive any award nor the right to sit for any examination or alternate examination by reason of his excused absence from school for the observance of a religious holiday.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 65 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 7 - School Year and Holidays|§ 65. Summer school

 (a) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to establish “summer school” at any time after the last day of a school year and before the first day of the succeeding school year. Attendance at summer school shall be voluntary. The Commissioner shall determine the curricula and course of study at summer school; provided, however, that such curricula and courses are compatible with the general curricula and courses adopted for the regular school year. (b) The Commissioner of Education shall allot funds for the operation of summer school annually. (c) The Commissioner is authorized to do all things necessary, within the general authority granted under this title, to accomplish the purposes of this section. (d) To the maximum extent feasible, consistent with law, the Commissioner shall provide that summer school: (1) offers classes that allow a student to make up a course he failed or otherwise missed for valid or excusable reasons during the preceding school year; (2) offers classes that are equal to those conducted during the regular school year, and, if successfully completed, may be credited toward a student's ordinary course of study toward a diploma; (3) offers additional unique classes that may not be available or timely during the regular school year; (4) offers enrichment classes that are of interest to those students volunteering to attend summer school; (5) has any other academic purpose that the Commissioner deems appropriate. (e) The Commissioner may impose a fee for summer school programs. (f) The Commissioner of Education may terminate any summer school classes found to be inferior to those conducted during the regular school year.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 71 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 71. Authority of the Commissioner of Education

 The Commissioner of Education is authorized to establish and supervise an Automobile Driver Education and Training Program in the public high schools of the Virgin Islands and to issue such rules and regulations as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and to implement the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 72 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 72. Aims and purposes of automobile driver education and training

 The aims and purposes of automobile driver education shall be to develop a knowledge of this provision of the Motor Vehicle Code and other laws of the Virgin Islands relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic accidents and the development of the knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 73 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 73. Agreements for the purchase or lease of dual control vehicles

 The Commissioner of Education is authorized to purchase or lease through the Department of Property and Procurement, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Virgin Islands Code, dual control vehicles and such other equipment as, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Education, is necessary for the development of the Automobile Driver Education and Training Program.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 74 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 74. Liability insurance

 The Commissioner of Education is authorized to contract, through the Department of Property and Procurement, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Virgin Islands Code, for insurance coverage on all vehicles to be used in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Program. This coverage shall be for the protection of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, the owner-lessor, where the vehicle is leased by the Government, the instructors, and other users of the vehicle, and shall include up to 100–300 thousand dollars public liability insurance, 10 thousand dollars property damage, 100 dollars deductible collision and fire and theft comprehensive. In addition, the Commissioner is authorized to enter into a “hold harmless” agreement with an owner-lessor of a dual control vehicle leased by the Government to protect the owner-lessor against lawsuit and liability while the vehicle is under the control and in the custody of the Government.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 75 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 75. Fees

 The Commissioner shall charge a fee of $50.00 per student enrolled in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Program. However, the fee shall be $100.00 if the student is an Adult Education student. The monies derived from such fees shall be deposited in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund of the Treasury of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 76 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 76. Drunk Driving Education Program

 The Commissioner of Education is authorized and directed to establish an education program in the schools to educate children on the danger of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The program should be developed to reach all grade levels and to involve parents in the program. In the establishment of such a program, the Commissioner may utilize the assistance of community service agencies.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 77 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training|§ 77. Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund

 (a) There is hereby created in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a separate and distinct fund to be designated as the Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund (hereinafter referred to in this section as the “Fund”). The Commissioner of Finance is authorized and directed to provide for the administration of the Fund, and no monies contained therein shall be available for expenditure except as provided in this section. (b) The Fund shall consist of all fees charged pursuant to section 75 of this chapter, such sums as may be appropriated thereto from time to time by the Legislature, and all gifts, contributions and bequests of all monies made thereto, all of which shall remain available until expended. (c) Monies deposited in the Fund shall be disbursed by the Commissioner of Education, exclusively for expenditures to carry out the provisions of sections 73 and 74 of this chapter. (d) The Commissioner of Finance shall quarterly forward to the Legislature, and shall make available to the public, a detailed accounting of the disbursements from the Fund and the unobligated balance thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 112 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 10 - School Health Program|§ 112. Student health records

 A comprehensive health record shall be maintained for each school child, which shall include the results of the tests, measurements, examinations and treatments provided for herein. These records shall be considered confidential.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 113 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 10 - School Health Program|§ 113. Medical questionnaires

 Medical questionnaires, suitable for diagnostic purposes, furnished by the Commissioner of Health, and completed by the child's parent or guardian, at such times as the Commissioner of Education may direct, shall become a part of the child's health record.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 114 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 10 - School Health Program|§ 114. Reports furnished by parents or guardians

 In lieu of the medical or dental tests, measurements, examinations or treatments provided for in subsection (b) of section 111 of this chapter, the parent or guardian of any school child may furnish the Department of Education with a report of the same made at his own expense by his family physician or dentist, on a form provided by the Commissioner of Health for this purpose. Such report shall be furnished at such time prior to the opening of school terms as the Commissioner of Education shall by regulation prescribe.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 115 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 10 - School Health Program|§ 115. Reports and recommendations to parents or guardians

 The principal or other authorized official of a school shall report to a child's parent or guardian any unusual behavior, changes in physical appearance, changes in attendance habits and changes in scholastic achievement which may indicate an impairment of a child's health. Recommendations as to medical, surgical or dental care shall be sent to each parent or guardian on forms prepared or approved by the Commissioner of Health, with instructions to the parent or guardian to notify the Department of Education of the action taken with respect to the recommendations.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 116 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 10 - School Health Program|§ 116. Rules and regulations

 The Commissioner of Education, jointly with the Commissioner of Health, shall issue such rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as they shall deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of effectuating and implementing the same, provided, however, that the content of the medical, dental, nursing and environmental health portions of the school health program shall be prescribed by and under the general direction of the Commissioner of Health and the administration and supervision of the educational and teaching aspects of the program shall be the responsibility of the Commissioner of Education.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 122 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 122. Endorsement of teachers' certificates from other jurisdictions

 The Virgin Islands Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Education may endorse state, territorial or foreign teacher certification, and the names of the persons holding such certificates so endorsed, may be placed on the eligible list by the Administrator of the Personnel Merit System, if it shall be satisfactorily shown that the qualifications and the courses of study pursued by such persons are equal to the requirements of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 123 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 123. Temporary certificates and emergency appointments

 Temporary certificates licensing the holders to teach in the public schools of the Virgin Islands may be issued by the Virgin Islands Board of Education to all persons provisionally appointed for such purpose under section 523 of Title 3 subject to the requirements for tenure provided in subsection (j) of section 121 of this chapter. Emergency appointments of teachers and other professional personnel of the Department of Education shall be governed by the provisions of section 529 of Title 3 subject to the requirements for tenure provided in subsection (j) of section 121 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 124 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 124. Right to appointment

 The holding of a license does not entitle the holder to an appointment.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 125 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 125. Appointments as probational

 All teachers and other professional personnel of the Department of Education appointed as provided in this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of section 527 of Title 3 relating to probational appointments, except that no such employee shall be removed from his or her position without the approval of the Governor and provided further that the requirements for tenure provided in subsection (j) of section 121 apply.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 126 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 126. Licenses to teach in schools other than public schools

 (a) Licenses to teach shall be required of all persons teaching in schools other than public schools, and may be obtained from the Virgin Islands Board of Education under rules and regulations prepared by the Board. (b) The action of the Board in granting or refusing any such license shall be subject to review by the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 127 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 127. Dismissal or demotion of professional employees

 The dismissal or demotion of professional employees of the Department of Education shall be governed by the provisions of sections 530–532 of Title 3: provided, that no recommendation of the Commissioner of Education for dismissal of such an employee may be considered unless the Virgin Islands Board of Education concurs in the recommendation: and provided further, that all dismissals, whether appealed under section 530 of Title 3, or not, shall be subject to the approval of the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 128 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 128. Leaves of absence

 (a) Leaves of absence for employees in the Department of Education in excess of 30 days may be recommended by the Commissioner of Education and the Virgin Islands Board of Education, and granted by the Governor, provided that no such leave shall affect tenure. (b) Leaves of absence for employees in the Department of Education up to 30 days shall be recommended by the Insular Superintendent of schools and approved by the Commissioner of Education, provided that no such leave shall affect tenure.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 129 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 129. Annual rating of professional personnel

 In the month of April of each year, after conference with their respective principals and supervisors as to their proficiency according to standards and procedures approved by the Virgin Islands Board of Education, teachers, and other professional personnel, who have been employed during the current school year, shall be rated by their respective principals or immediate supervisors, and thereafter shall be notified of their rating by the Commissioner of Education at the close of the school year.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 130 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 130. Authority to discipline children

 All principals and teachers in the public schools shall have the right to exercise the same authority, as to conduct, and behavior, over pupils attending their schools during the time they are in attendance, including the time required in going to and from their homes, as parents, guardians or persons in parental relations to such pupils.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 131 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 131. Hiring of new department employees

 (a) No person hired by the Department of Education as a teacher paraprofessional, other educator or support staff shall commence employment with the Department of Education without first receiving an executed and valid Notice of Personnel Action (NOPA) from the Division of Personnel. (b) No person may be hired as a school monitor who has not taken and passed a psychological test as to his suitability for the position and submitted to a police background check.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 132 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 132. Masters Degree Incentive Program

 (a) Any teacher certified under the provisions of this chapter and who is employed in the Virgin Islands public school system for at least five (5) years shall be provided for two consecutive summer terms free tuition for attendance at the University of the Virgin Islands for the pursuit of a Master's Degree in Education. (b) Any teacher that terminates or is terminated from employment in the Virgin Islands public school system less than two (2) years after receiving their Master's degree or fails to complete the course work towards the Master's degree within four years after the teacher matriculated shall become liable to the Government of the Virgin Islands for all sums paid to the teacher under the program. (c) The President of the University of the Virgin Islands, in collaboration with the Board of Education, shall promulgate the necessary rules, regulations and procedures to carry out the provisions of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 17, § 133 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 17 - Education|Chapter 11 - Teachers and Other Personnel|§ 133. School monitors

 The Department of Education shall provide training for employees who have been hired as monitors, before they begin working at a school and shall provide professional development training for all monitors employed by the Department.