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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 61C - Educational Foundation for Free Selection of Schools (§§ 913 — 913j) › § 913i-1 - Term to make donation

For the purposes of this chapter, a taxpayer shall be deemed to have made a donation to the Educational Foundation the last day of the taxable year if said donation corresponds to said taxable year and it is made on or before the deadline established by law to file the income tax return for said year.
History —July 19, 1995, No. 80, added as § 13 on Mar. 14, 1996, No. 13, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 61C - Educational Foundation for Free Selection of Schools (§§ 913 — 913j) › § 913j - Tax credit

A credit is hereby granted against the income tax levied by the Income Tax Act of 1954, as amended, or by Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1994, for the amount of the donations made to the Educational Foundation. The amount of this credit shall not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) in the case of individual taxpayers and five hundred dollars ($500) in the case of corporations and partnerships.
The amount of the donations in excess of the credit granted in this section shall be allowed as a deduction for donations subject to the terms provided in Section 23(q) and (aa)(2)(N) of the Income Tax Act of 1954 as amended, and in Section 1023(o) and (aa)(2)(M) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994.
Every individual, corporation or partnership that claims this credit, shall include a certificate from the Educational Foundation with the income tax return, in evidence of the donation made. The Educational Foundation shall mail to the donor the certificate which shall be evidence of the donation made within the term of ten (10) working days. It is provided that it shall be the responsibility of the donor to personally obtain the certificate of any donation made ten (10) days prior to filing the income tax return.
History —July 19, 1995, No. 80, § 11, renumbered as § 14 on Mar. 14, 1996, No. 13, § 6; Dec. 30, 1998, No. 333, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the“Student Travel Act”.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921a - Public policy statement

The policy of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is to establish a Student Travel Program with destinations within and outside of Puerto Rico, with the participation of young people of both sexes from all towns of the Island who are regular high school students of the public schools in the Island, to be selected by means of a special drawing using the facilities of the Puerto Rico Lottery.
Once the number of students who shall participate is established, they, shall be distributed in proportion to the number of students that each educational institution contributes to the total number of students who qualify under the regulations established. A drawing shall be carried out to select those chosen from every school district. Those students who have already traveled under this Program shall not be able to participate.
The objective of this Program is to expose these young participants to other production and social interaction systems, as well as other cultural aspects, thus enhancing their classroom education and intellectually stimulating them through such direct exposure to the achievements of other cultures, in their cultural and social aspects, as well as in technological development. In order to achieve this end, the Program may provide the students with training resources or workshops on cultural, technological or language aspects.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 2; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 1; Aug. 16, 2001, No. 105, § 1; July 30, 2007, No. 93, § 1; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 5, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921b - Definitions

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, except when they are incompatible with its’ purposes, shall mean:
(1) Agency. — A department, instrumentality, division, bureau or office of the Executive Branch of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including public corporations and their subsidiaries.
(2) Governor. — The Governor of Puerto Rico.
(3) Federal government. — The government of the United States and the governments of the states of the United States, including any government body or dependencies thereof.
(4) Participating student. — Any student of either sex who, according to the regulations and norms applicable to each case, is considered as a “regular high school student” who is chosen to participate in the Student Travel Program through the drawing carried out for that purpose pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(5) Legislature. — The Legislature of Puerto Rico.
(6) Department of Education. — The Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
(7) Program. — The Student Travel Program.
(8) Interagency Board. — The Interagency Coordinating Board.
(9) Fund. — The Student Travel Program Fund.
(10) Executive Director. — The person in charge of the Office of Youth Affairs, the Office of the Governor.
(11) Office. — The Office of Youth Affairs created by §§ 1601 et seq. of Title 3.
(12) Regular student with disabilities. — A student with a physical or mental disability that substantially limits him or her regarding one or more of life’s main activities, who is registered with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Integral Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities and who wishes to participate in the Student Travel Program.
(13) Accompanying adult. — Any adult, be it an employee of the Office of Youth Affairs or a volunteer, chosen to accompany participating students in the trips sponsored by the Student Travel Program.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 3; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 2; Aug. 16, 2001, No. 105, § 2; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 1; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 223, § 1; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 5, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921c - Program—Creation

The Student Travel Program is hereby created, attached to the Office of Youth Affairs. If the present functions of the Office of Youth Affairs of promoting and developing activities are assigned to any other government agency or dependency, the Program shall continue to exist and in effect and attached to the same, except if legislation is approved to the contrary.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 4; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 3; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 223, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921d - Director

The administrative functions of the Program shall be carried out by the Director of the Office of Youth Affairs or the executive authority corresponding to the agency assuming its functions. The Director shall have all the powers, authorities, duties and prerogatives inherent to his/her office.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 5; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 4; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 223, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921e - Executive Director—Powers and functions

In order to implement the aforementioned public policy and achieve the objectives of the Program, the Director shall have, among other functions and powers, the following mission:
(a) To coordinate the activities of the Program with other government agencies.
(b) To contract for the rendering of services with other government agencies and private organizations.
(c) To offer and develop educational, orientation and counselling services for participating youths prior to the trips that shall be taken in order to obtain the maximum benefit from the tours.
(d) To establish a general information plan for other students as well as the public about the experiences, knowledge and information obtained by the students who participate in student travel.
For purposes of the information plan, the participating students must commit themselves to participate in the information plan in their school during the course of the school year after the excursion.
(e) To solicit and obtain whatever donations and help in money, goods, services or of any other kind, from the federal government, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including its instrumentalities and political subdivisions, or from private sources in order to carry out the ends provided in this chapter, under conditions which shall be established by applicable legislation, regulations, agreements or contracts. In addition, the Program may obtain funds from any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by virtue of a transfer which shall require the prior approval of the Governor by means of an Executive Order.
(f) To select the persons who have the necessary capabilities, moral qualifications and education to adequately supervise the activities of participating students. Such persons may travel on more than one occasion, including employees from the Office of Youth Affairs, insofar as the services they have rendered have proven to be excellent and they have proven themselves to be responsible and committed to work with young Program participants on previous occasions. Furthermore, the Director shall establish the most effective liaison with the government authorities of the countries to be visited during each trip.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 6; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 5; July 30, 2007, No. 93, § 2; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 223, § 4; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 5, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921f - Director—Additional functions and faculties

In addition to the powers conferred by this chapter or by other laws, the Director shall have all the faculties, functions and prerogatives inherent to his/her office, among which are included, but not limited to, the following:
(a) To establish, direct and supervise the Program.
(b) Appoint the personnel needed to perform the functions of the Program according to the norms or regulations of the Office.
(c) To draft and administer the budget of the Program.
(d) To contract, purchase or through other means provide all the materials, supplies, equipment, parts or services deemed necessary for the functioning of the Program, subject to §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Act”.
(e) To enter into agreements, covenants or contracts which may be convenient to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Program with agencies of the federal government, agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, representatives, agents or entities of any country included or to be included in the itinerary of any excursion, and with individuals and profitable or nonprofitable private institutions, among others.
(f) To hire personnel regularly employed by any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, subject to the consent of the corresponding nominating authority of said agency, to render services to the Program outside of their regular working hours without being subject to the provisions to the contrary of § 551 of Title 3.
(g) Request and obtain from the departments, agencies, instrumentalities or other bodies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its political subdivisions, the personnel, services and facilities deemed necessary to achieve the objectives of this chapter. Said bodies shall cooperate and supply the help that is needed to best achieve the fulfillment of the functions of the Program.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 7; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 6; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921g - Interagency Coordinating Board

The Interagency Coordinating Board is hereby created which shall be composed of the following public officials or the persons upon whom these delegate: the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, the President of the University of Puerto Rico, the Director of the Puerto Rico Tourist Company, the Director of the Office of Youth Affairs and two (2) young persons, one of whom shall be a secondary level public school student and the other an undergraduate student. Both young persons shall be between fifteen (15) and twenty-one (21) years of age and shall serve for a term of one year. The Interagency Coordinating Board shall be chaired by the Secretary of Education.
Those young persons who participated in the tours each previous year, shall select from among themselves the two (2) young members of the Interagency Board. Said students shall receive a per diem of twenty-five dollars ($25) for services rendered should they reside in the metropolitan area and of thirty-five dollars ($35) should they reside outside the aforesaid area. The meetings shall be convened by the Chairperson.
In addition to the functions entrusted to it by the Governor, the Interagency Board shall perform the following:
(a) Adopt norms leading to the implementation of the public policy enunciated in this chapter and to the attainment of the objectives of the Program.
(b) Approve, amend and repeal regulations subject to the approval of the Governor, as provided in this chapter.
(c) Advise the Governor and the Director as to the general situation and specific aspects of the development, needs and resources of the Program and the standards of public policy, among other matters.
(d) Evaluate and approve the operational plan that the Director shall annually submit according to the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Approve the budget for the Program.
(f) Select, as provided through regulations promulgated to such effect, one or more artist/performers or groups of young artists/performers together with the personnel strictly needed to accompany one or more of the tours, with the purpose, among others, of promoting and making the Puerto Rican culture be known abroad.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 8; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 7; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921i - Operational plan

No later than one hundred and twenty (120) days before the close of each fiscal year, the Director shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature an operational plan for the next fiscal year including, among other things, the following information:
(1) The total number of students who participated in the trips during the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of the report.
(2) Funds that were available and those used during said period, and an estimate of the funds available for the next fiscal year and their source.
(3) Places visited and their special conditions that motivated their being selected.
(4) General evaluation of the positive or negative experiences of the participating students.
(5) Information concerning special interest projects, programs or activities observed at the places visited.
(6) Adequacy of the methods used to inform and communicate the experiences and knowledge acquired by the participants of the trips to the students who did not participate.
(7) Specific recommendations with regard to adjustments, modifications or expansion of any phase of the Program.
(8) Tentative proposals concerning groups to be selected, itineraries under consideration, objectives to be achieved and variations to be implemented in order to improve the Program and the program for the following year.
(9) Reception of the Program by student and teaching circles.
(10) Sufficiency or insufficiency of funds in the event that the expansion of the Program is merited.
(11) Any recommendation that requires executive or legislative action and any other information pertinent to the development and effectiveness of the Program.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 10; Aug. 16, 2001, No. 105, § 4; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921j - Services provided by citizens

In the execution of the Program, the Director is hereby authorized to engage, obtain and use any services rendered by any person or entity, totally or partially free of charge, and shall provide by pertinent regulations, the means by which the Program shall reimburse the duly authorized and confirmed expenses incurred as a result of such participation in the Program. All regulations of a fiscal nature shall have the prior approval of the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of §§ 283—283p of Title 3.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 11; Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921l - Agreements with agencies

The Office of Youth Affairs may enter into agreements with any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to jointly carry out any project or activity within the mission of the Program established in this chapter, provided that these agreements are allowed by the laws and regulations in effect.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 13; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921n - Obligation to render services

The Department of Education and the University of Puerto Rico shall provide the Program with all the assistance possible.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 15, renumbered as § 14 and amended on Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921o - Obligation to submit information

It shall be the duty of any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to submit any reports, data, documents and services which might be required of it to the Director, except information whose revelation is expressly forbidden by law or by regulations with force of law.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 16, renumbered as § 15 on Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921p - Acceptance of donations and funds

The Office of Youth Affairs shall have the power to accept donations or funds by means of appropriations, materials, properties or other similar benefits from any private person or institution or from the federal government or the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the municipal governments or any instrumentality or agency of said governments; and advise on or participate in contracts or agreements with any of said governments or their instrumentalities or agencies for the use of these donations or funds in harmony with the purposes of this chapter. The funds received from donations shall be used pursuant to the terms of each donation and the applicable laws.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 17, renumbered as § 16 on Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 12; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921q - Agreements with federal government and U.S. states

The Office of Youth Affairs may request and obtain aid or assistance in cash, goods and services or of any other kind, from the government of the United States, the states of the United States or from any of their political subdivisions for the purposes of this chapter, pursuant to applicable laws, regulations and agreements.
The Executive Director shall enter into and transact the necessary agreements in the most effective way to achieve the purposes of this chapter. To those ends, the Executive Director is hereby authorized to use, create, regulate, coordinate, evaluate or promote and develop, in a manner compatible with the laws, regulations and contractual terms that govern said agreements, projects, facilities, organizations, activities and services required to obtain the greatest benefits for the Program. The Executive Director, in order to comply with any of said agreements, shall likewise have the authority to supply to the entity with which [he/she] contracts, or with the person or entity designated by [him/her], information of any nature whose revelation is not expressly prohibited by law or regulations with the force of law.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 18, renumbered as § 17 on Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 12; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 62 - Student Travel Act (§§ 921 — 921r) › § 921r - Appropriation

The sum of two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury for fiscal years 2007 to 2012, to carry out the purposes of this chapter. At the closing of each fiscal year, all unused funds shall be appropriated for the next fiscal year.
The funds appropriated in this chapter shall proceed annually from the net proceeds of the drawings of the Lottery of Puerto Rico. Every five (5) years as of the approval of this act, a proposal for reviewing the budget for the next five (5) years shall be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget and the Legislature.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 32, p. 113, § 19, renumbered as § 18 on Dec. 16, 1993, No. 127, § 12; Nov. 29, 1994, No. 125, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 12, § 1; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 86, § 10; Aug. 9, 2008, No. 223, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 931 - Carnegie Library—Supervision

The administration of the Carnegie Library of Puerto Rico shall be in charge of the Department of Education, whose Secretary shall have the faculty to subdelegate its administration to private or public non-profit entities.
History —Nov. 22, 1917, No. 20, p. 234, § 2; Aug. 19, 1992, No. 47, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 932 - Carnegie Library—Librarian

The literary and technical management of the library, as well as the work and operation thereof, shall be in charge of the librarian or of the person who acts in his place, pursuant to rules and regulations issued by the Department of Education.
History —Nov. 22, 1917, No. 20, p. 234, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 933 - Carnegie Library—Rules governing use of books

The members of the Legislature, the heads of the Executive Departments of the Commonwealth Government, the Justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of the Courts of First Instance and District Courts, and the prosecuting attorneys shall be entitled to the use of the books of the Carnegie Library, and to take them out of said library for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days; Provided, That the librarian or the person who acts in his stead is hereby authorized to permit all responsible persons to [with]draw books from the library and use them outside thereof, and to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of the library in this respect. Those persons who fail to return the books within the period of time specified in said rules and regulations shall be punished by fine to be determined by the Department of Education with the advice of the librarian. The proceeds of such fines shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury.
In no case shall books included in the following enumeration be permitted to be taken out of the library:
(a) Incunabula.
(b) Books printed in any country from 1457 to 1600.
(c) Books printed in Spain from 1474 to 1650.
(d) Books printed in Puerto Rico from 1808 to 1840.
(e) Copies of [worn-out] editions unless there is more than one copy of the same book in the library.
(f) Neither shall any person be permitted to take any book out of the library, if such person is suffering from any contagious disease or has in his home any other person suffering from such disease.
Upon the return of books taken from the library pursuant to this section, they shall be immediately examined by [an] employee of the library so as to investigate whether or not there is any mutilation of the book; Provided, That wilful mutilation of books shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or by imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty (20) days.
Books returned to the library shall be immediately disinfected by the most rapid, efficient and simple methods.
History —Nov. 22, 1917, No. 20, p. 234, § 5; May 16, 1958, No. 11, p. 13, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 934 - Carnegie Library—Qualifications of librarian and assistant

To fill the vacancies that may occur in the positions of librarian and assistant librarian, either temporarily or permanently, the following qualifications shall be indispensable:
(1) To have resided in Puerto Rico for at least two (2) years prior to the date of appointment;
(2) to have a knowledge of the Spanish and English languages, and
(3) to have had at least two (2) years’ practice in modern library work.
Provided, further, That said positions of librarian or assistant librarian shall not [remain] vacant for a period longer than six (6) months if there are candidates qualified to fill said office according to the provisions of §§ 931—934 of this title.
History —Nov. 22, 1917, No. 20, p. 234, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 935 - Circulating library—Organization

The sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) is hereby appropriated and placed at the disposal of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Library out of any available funds in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated, so that said Board may organize a circulating library.
History —Mar. 28, 1946, No. 222, p. 440, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 936 - Circulation library—Operation

The Department of Education is hereby authorized to place the circulating library in operation after the same is organized, and to purchase the equipment necessary therefor and prescribe adequate rules to carry out the provisions of §§ 935—936 of this title.
History —Mar. 28, 1946, No. 222, p. 440, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 937 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum

The University of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to establish a History, Anthropology and Arts Museum of Puerto Rico, attached to the University of Puerto Rico, to collect, maintain and preserve, for the purpose of research and cultural diffusion, all that which constitutes a part of our historic, anthropological and artistic treasure.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 938 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Establishment on University grounds

The History, Anthropology and Arts Museum of Puerto Rico shall be established on the grounds of the University of Puerto Rico at a proper and easily accessible place to the public.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 939 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Management, maintenance, staff

The University of Puerto Rico shall be in charge of the [management] of the museum, as well as of its outfitting, custody, and maintenance, and shall furnish all the necessary equipment therefor, as well as the technical and administrative personnel.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 940 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Transfer of collections

All the historical, anthropological and artistic collections, at present in the possession of the University of Puerto Rico, are hereby transferred to the museum.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 941 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Public access

The University of Puerto Rico shall afford easy access of the public to the museum, which shall be gratis and may be regulated by the University as it may deem useful and advisable.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 942 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Circulating exhibits

The University of Puerto Rico may organize [circulating exhibits] to give other towns of Puerto Rico the benefits of the museum.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 7, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 943 - History, Anthropology and Arts Museum—Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Hall

One of the principal halls of the History, Anthropology and Arts Museum of Puerto Rico shall be named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt and shall be devoted to honor his memory and to gather historic documents in connection with his life and with that part of his life referring especially to Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 15, 1951, No. 97, p. 210, § 8, eff. 90 days after Apr. 15, 1951.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 944 - Historical Archive—Functions transferred to University

The functions of the Historical Archive of Puerto Rico are hereby transferred to the University of Puerto Rico.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 389, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 945 - Historical Archive—Preservation and classification of documents

This institution has for its object, and it shall be its duty, to keep, arrange, classify and catalog all documents belonging to the former Government and office of the Captain General of Puerto Rico and other governmental organizations which in 1898, by reason of the change of sovereignty, were reorganized or abolished, as well as all documents of a historical and political nature of the abolished Audiencia Territorial Court, and such other documents of like nature appertaining to the time of the Spanish regime, as may be found in the municipalities of the Commonwealth or in any other public archives, or which, being in the hands of private persons, may be acquired by the Government, either by donation or with funds of the Commonwealth Treasury.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 946 - Historical Archive—Indices

The indices of said archive shall be drafted in catalog form, but with such details and notes that a single reading thereof will impart information to the Government and the public.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 947 - Historical Archive—Withdrawal of objects and papers

No book, pamphlet, document, record, diploma, degree, parchment or paper (whether originals or copies) catalogued shall be withdrawn from the place where the archive is located, except by superior orders and upon taking all precautionary measures necessary for the security of the object or document and to guarantee its return.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 4, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 948 - Historical Archive—Certified copies of documents

The Director of the Archive is hereby authorized to issue and certify copies of the documents in the Archive to such persons as may apply for the same, and these certificates, which shall bear the seal of the archive, shall be admitted in evidence in the courts of justice as in the case of original documents. Copies and certificates of documents requested by competent authorities for official purposes exclusively shall be issued free of cost, but applications made by private parties shall be issued upon payment of the fees prescribed by law, payable in internal revenue stamps to be affixed to said copies and certificates. A register shall be kept of all copies and certificates issued, showing the name of the applicant, the date of issue and whether or not fees were charged.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 5, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 949 - Historical Archive—Penalties

Any person or persons unduly withdrawing one or more documents from the Archive, without proper written authorization, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonment for not less than one year, or by both penalties.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 6, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 950 - Historical Archive—Municipal archives as source of materials

It shall be the duty of the Director of the Archive periodically to investigate the archives of the municipalities of the Commonwealth and to transfer to the archive any document of a historical or political nature which he may find therein, leaving a certified copy of the same. Such expenses as these trips, if necessary, shall occasion, shall be paid from funds of the Commonwealth Treasury, upon proper voucher therefor.
History —June 20, 1919, No. 64, p. 398, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 20, 1919.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 951 - Historical compilation of annual events

It shall be the duty of the Director to compile each year a chronicle of political, scientific, judicial, literary, religious, legislative, social and economical events worthy of record and of public importance occurring in Puerto Rico during each year. The manuscript containing said historical record shall be the property of the Commonwealth and be deposited in the Carnegie Library, and shall be prepared in such form that printed copies of the same may be published from time to time, whenever provision may have been made by the Legislative Assembly for such publication, such printed copies to be either distributed free of charge, or sold, as the Department of Education shall deem advisable, and in case of sale, the proceeds thereof shall be deposited in the Treasury of Puerto Rico.
History —Mar. 13, 1913, No. 76, p. 129, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 952 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Annual prizes

The Institute of Puerto Rican Literature is hereby created, composed of eleven (11) ex officio members, to wit: the President of the Senate of Puerto Rico; the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico; the President of the University of Puerto Rico; the Secretary of Education; the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum; the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of History; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of Arts and Sciences, and two (2) Puerto Rican writers who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico, who will hold office for the term of their incumbency. All of the ex officio members shall hold office ad honorem and while in the performance of their respective duties.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 1; Apr. 23, 1948, No. 39, p. 78, § 1; July 18, 1958, No. 1, p. 1; July 23, 1974, No. 123, Part 1, p. 555; July 20, 1988, No. 113, p. 470, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 953 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Eligible authors

All Puerto Rican writers, whether residents of Puerto Rico or not, and also foreign writers permanently domiciled in Puerto Rico, may compete for the prizes established by §§ 952—959 of this title.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 2; Apr. 23, 1948, No. 39, p. 78, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 954 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Executive Committee; members

An Executive Committee of the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature is hereby created which will be charged with its administration and the evaluation of the books and newspaper articles published every calendar year in Puerto Rico.
(a) The Committee shall consist of the President of the Senate or the Senator designated by him; the Speaker of the House or the Representative designated by him; the President of the University of Puerto Rico or the professor of literature or journalism designated by him; the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum or the member of the Governing Board of that institution designated by him; the Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico or the official designated by him; the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture or his representative; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language or the member thereof designated by him; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of History or the member thereof designated by him; the President of the Puerto Rican Academy of Arts and Sciences or the member thereof designated by him, and by two writers appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. In the event of a vacancy because of death, resignation, dismissal, permanent disability or any other cause, a new appointment shall be made for the unexpired term of the member who causes the vacancy. Members of the Committee shall not receive any remuneration whatsoever for the performance of their duties.
(b) The Executive Committee shall elect from among its members the Institute’s President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who will also hold office without any remuneration or compensation whatsoever for the performance of such functions. It shall, likewise, appoint the Executive Director and any other salaried administrative or contracted personnel.
(c) Members of the Executive Committee who are appointed by the ex officio members as their representatives shall hold office at the Institute of Literature while the ex officio members who appointed them are in the performance of their respective functions and until their successors are appointed and take office.
(d) Three (3) Committee members shall constitute a quorum and decisions shall be made by the majority. The board shall meet in a regular session at least once a year to adjudicate the awards and in special sessions as many times as it deems pertinent after a summons by its Chairman or by agreement of the majority.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 3; Apr. 25, 1940, No. 69, p. 486, § 1; Apr. 23, 1948, No. 39, p. 78, § 1; Mar. 7, 1951, No. 8, p. 18, § 1; July 20, 1988, No. 113, p. 470, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 955 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Eligible literary works

There shall be no limitation what[so]ever as to the nature or kind of the literary works entitled to enjoy the prizes hereby established, books of verse, plays, novels, histories, or critical, historical, political, social, juridic and economic essays being equally eligible, as well as works on scientific, social and pedagogical investigations.
Writers interested in competing for the prizes shall send, on or before December of each year, five (5) duly printed copies of each one of the works they wish to submit to the judgment of the said Institute of Puerto Rican Literature; Provided, That in awarding the said prize, said Institute may, on its own initiative, consider any work published in Puerto Rico although not sent to the said Institute by said author.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 956 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Writers, awards, publication; cancellation of contest

(a) All resident or nonresident Puerto Rican writers and foreign writers permanently domiciled in Puerto Rico may opt for the awards established by §§ 952—959 of this title.
(b) The Executive Committee shall carefully study all the works in the Spanish language published for the first time during each calendar year and shall determine which one or which ones in its judgment deserve the award and shall publish its final decision on or before the 30th of June of the following year. When judging the awards they shall give preference, among equally meritorious works, to those in which there is a distinctive Puerto Rican quality.
(c) If the Executive Committee understands that none of the works is deserving of the total award or an award for a lesser sum, it may grant the awards it deems are within reason or declare the contest cancelled and, in that case, the amount of the awards that were not awarded shall be covered into a reserve fund to be adjudicated by the Institute in any other subsequent year in which works are submitted that are worthy of the awards, or to be invested in the publication of a book of extraordinary merit, or for any other cultural purpose of a similar nature.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 6; Apr. 23, 1948, No. 39, p. 78, § 1; July 20, 1988, No. 113, p. 470, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 957 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Award at literary function

The prizes shall be awarded at a literary function that the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature shall organize.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 63 - Cultivation of Literature (§§ 931 — 977) › § 959 - Institute of Puerto Rican Literature—Appropriation

To defray the amount of the awards for the best books during fiscal year 1988-89, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) is hereby appropriated to the Institute of Literature, charged to the fund appropriated to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, to continue the creation and development of specific projects in the various areas of cultural endeavor. In subsequent years, the funds needed to defray the amount of the awards for the best books shall be consigned annually in the Joint Resolution of the General Expenses Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 135, p. 276, § 9; Apr. 23, 1948, No. 39, p. 78, § 1; July 18, 1958, No. 1, p. 1; renumbered as § 8 and amended on July 20, 1988, No. 113, p. 470, § 5.