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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1275 - Determination of eligibility

The regulation shall establish the norms to be used in determining the eligibility for sabbatical leave, compatible with this chapter. For these purposes, the Secretary shall take into consideration, among others, the following factors:
(1) The growing need of having the teaching personnel renew its ideas through studies, researches, contact with other cultural expressions of our world, writing of essays and books of interest to education and to the Puerto Rican culture.
(2) The effective attention to the demands in the rural zones and towns for educational services in the different levels of the school system.
(3) The availability of resources and personnel who may substitute for those enjoying sabbatical leave.
(4) The teacher’s vocation to children and school.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 5, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1276 - Term of leave

Sabbatical leave may be granted for a minimum period of one (1) semester and a maximum period of one (1) school year.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 6, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1277 - Report on performance

Within the thirty (30) days following his return, the person who has enjoyed sabbatical leave shall submit a report on the work performed during his absence to the Secretary of Education.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 7, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1278 - Salary; retirement payment

Any person who enjoys sabbatical leave shall receive the salary he is entitled to as a member of the school system.
Any teacher with sabbatical leave shall pay to the retirement system covering him, and the period of sabbatical leave he enjoys shall be reckoned, for retirement purposes, as if it were a regular service period.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 8, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1279 - Proportion of leaves granted

Sabbatical leaves granted, both in the classroom teacher classes and in the administrative personnel classes of the System shall be in proportion to the number of public employees in each one of those two (2) categories.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 10, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 84 - Linguistic Planning Institute (§ 1281-1285) › §§ 1281—1285 - Repealed. Act July 29, 2010, No. 111, § 1, eff. July 29, 2010

The Linguistic Planning Institute of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, hereinafter the “Institute” is hereby created as an autonomous corporate entity which shall be the body in charge of developing a linguistic policy that responds to the social, political, economic and cultural needs of the Commonwealth. The Institute shall be in charge of the creation of applied linguistics projects that will contribute to establish educational guidelines and new methodologies, and shall keep an ongoing record of data regarding the teaching of languages, and especially of Spanish and English.
It shall likewise be the mission and responsibility of the Institute to protect and support the use of the Spanish language, facilitate and accelerate the learning of the English language, and propitiate the learning of other languages, mainly French and Portuguese, since they are languages that are also spoken in the geographic area of Puerto Rico. With regard to the teaching of the Spanish, since it is the language spoken by the majority of the population, and that because of its extended use, has contributed to strengthen the unity of the country, the Institute shall have the obligation to structure those measures that are needed for Spanish to be the vehicle for all internal government procedures and for official communication between the Government and the people.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87A - Integral Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 1351 — 1359) › § 1352 - Statement of public policy

The Government of Puerto Rico reaffirms its commitment to promote the constitutional right of all persons to a free education which will the “full development of his/her personality and strengthen his/her respect for the rights of man and the fundamental liberties”. To attain this purpose, the family shall partake in this joint effort since the integral development of the person with disabilities should be framed within the family context.
Part of this public policy regarding those persons with disabilities, shall be to ensure, to the extent allowed by the resources of the State, the following:
(1) [A] free and proper public education, provided within the least restrictive environment possible, specially designed according to the individual needs of the persons with disabilities and with all the related services indispensable for their development, as established in their individualized services plan, integrating them to the extent possible to other persons without disabilities. This applies to the public schools of the Department of Education as well as to the Community Schools under the administration of the Educational Reform Institute.
(2) A process of identification, placement, registration and evaluation by a duly qualified multidisciplinary team, of all persons with possible disabilities, within or outside of the schools, from birth through the age of 21 years.
(3) The design of an Individualized Educational Program (PEI, Spanish acronym) which establishes the short or long term goals, the educational services and the indispensable related services as determined by the multidisciplinary team.
(4) The confidentiality of all personal information.
(5) Simple, speedy and fair handling of complaints.
(6) The participation of the parents in the decision making stage in all processes related to their children.
(7) A high priority in the efforts of a preventive nature to reduce the incidence of disabilities in persons.
(8) Activities that promote the integration of persons with disabilities and their families to the community.
History —June 7, 1996, No. 51, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87A - Integral Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 1351 — 1359) › § 1358 - Implementation

The implementation of this chapter shall be carried out [in] phases during a four-year period at the end of which the implementation process shall have been completed and all the provisions thereof shall be in full force and effect.
To expedite the implementation, the agencies shall prepare a master implementation plan which shall cover all the phases or work areas of each agency and, under the coordination of the Assistant Secretary, the same shall be harmonized and made compatible with each other.
During the first year of effectiveness, and according to the schedule established in this chapter, the following documents shall be produced without this constituting a limitation: a master implementation plan, regulations and procedures for its implementation, and interagency agreements.
History —June 7, 1996, No. 51, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87A - Integral Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 1351 — 1359) › § 1359 - Annual report

The agencies [on] which this chapter imposes responsibilities shall render an annual integrated report to the Legislature and the Governor on its financial situation, progress, projections and achievements related to the implementation process of this chapter. [The] Assistant Secretary shall coordinate the preparation of the annual integrated report.
History —June 7, 1996, No. 51, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360 - Establishment and implementation

(a) To establish the Vocational and Career Evaluation Service as a right of the students with disabilities undergoing a process of transition who receive special education services under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Special Education attached to the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, guaranteeing their full development and integrating them into the labor force in their respective communities.
(b) To those effects, the Secretary of the Department of Education is hereby directed to offer vocational and career evaluation services to the students with disabilities who receive services under the Special Education Program attached to the Office of the of the Assistant Secretary for Special Education.
(c) The Secretary of Education shall implement all those measures that may be necessary to offer these services to the students with disabilities.
(d) The vocational and career evaluation services shall be rendered by professionals such as: school counselors and vocational guidance counselors duly trained in vocational evaluation or vocational evaluators with a Master’s degree and licensed rehabilitation counselors.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360a - Personnel and schools

(a) The Department of Education shall recruit additional personnel with academic education in vocational evaluation to offer vocational evaluation services in those schools with only one school counselor and where student enrollment justifies such recruitment.
(b) The vocational evaluation service shall be implemented in schools identified by the Secretary of Education, such as: the middle and high schools with combined regular-vocational curriculums, the middle and high vocational schools, the specialized schools, the pre-vocational schools, the integrated centers and the special vocational schools or centers, among others.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, §§ 5—6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360b - Minimum procedures

For the purpose of implementing this chapter, the Department of Education shall be duty-bound to guarantee certain minimum, but not limited procedures for the evaluation of the students with disabilities. These are:
(a) At the age of [twelve] (12) the student with disabilities shall be given a first Preliminary Vocational Evaluation (EVP, Spanish acronym) to determine his/her abilities, interests, aptitudes, limitations, functional capabilities and location options taking into consideration his/her particular needs. The use of technological assistance services and equipment the student uses or may use should be considered.
(b) After the first Preliminary Vocational Evaluation (EVP), the student must annually receive a full vocational evaluation and consultation before being placed in an academic-vocational school or program of his/her interest and according to his/her particular needs.
(c) The team which makes up the Evaluation and Placement Committee (COMPU, Spanish acronym), especially the parents, tutor, or legal representative, shall meet and discuss the results of the vocational evaluation, which may include the student, if suitable.
(d) Goals, objectives and individualized activities may be developed in the transition services section of the Individualized Educational Program (PEI, Spanish acronym) based on the results of the vocational evaluation.
(e) The student with disabilities shall receive those services recommended in the vocational evaluation that may be necessary to maximize his/her academic, vocational and occupational performance, including technological assistance services and equipment.
(f) The referral to the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration of students with disabilities in the process of transition shall include a copy of the report about the results of vocational evaluations, allowing the vocational rehabilitation counselor to obtain the greatest amount of information possible to analyze the case and determine the eligibility [for] the services.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360c - Funds

(a) The Department of Education shall identify funds for acquiring the equipment, materials and specialized vocational tests needed to provide the vocational evaluation service.
(b) The Department of Education shall identify funds to sponsor investigations and methodologies that will allow the development of knowledge and techniques that help in fostering optimum vocational evaluation services.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, §§ 8, 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360d - Consulting committee

The Secretary of Education shall select a consulting committee of professionals duly qualified to design, implement and monitor the rendering of vocational and career evaluation services.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 87B - Vocational and Career Evaluation for Students with Disabilities (§§ 1360 — 1360e) › § 1360e - Circular letter

The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Education shall draft a circular letter which shall be sent to all school directors and administrative personnel of the System, as applicable.
History —Dec. 13, 2006, No. 263, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1361 - Definitions

The terms enumerated and defined below (and their derivatives) shall have the indicated meaning, except when a clearly different meaning arises from the context. The words, terms, phrases and other expressions used in this chapter, not expressly defined in this section, shall have the usual meaning given to them in the academic community except when, from the context, another meaning clearly arises:
(1) Council. — Means the Council on Higher Education as established by §§ 852 et seq. of this title.
(2) Higher education institution. — Means a public or private educational institution that requires a high school certificate or diploma or its equivalent for admission thereto, and whose academic courses lead at least to an associate degree.
(3) United States Armed Forces Reserves in Puerto Rico. — Means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Navy Infantry Corps and Coast Guard Reserves stationed in Puerto Rico.
(4) Puerto Rico National Guard. — Means that subdivision of the Military Forces of Puerto Rico organized according to §§ 2001 et seq. of Title 25, and in agreement with the corresponding federal assignments prescribed by the President of the United States from time to time in accordance with laws of the federal Congress.
(5) Students. — Means every student of a higher education institution who is a member of any unit of the military bodies described in subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
(6) Activation. — Means the calling and later deployment by the relevant military authorities of soldiers, members of the United States Armed Forces Reserves or the Puerto Rico National Guard to serve full-time in case of exercises, armed conflicts or war.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 4, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1362 - Applicability

The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to every natural or juridical person, or group thereof, that operates a higher education institution in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or that in any way declares, promises, announces or expresses the intention to grant degrees, diplomas, certificates, titles or other official academic acknowledgements of higher education in Puerto Rico. Likewise, it shall be applicable to students who are members of the United States Armed Forces Reserves in Puerto Rico or the Puerto Rico National Guard, as defined in this chapter.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 5, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1363 - Credit for dropped courses

Every institution must reimburse or return the money paid for tuition and other expenses paid by the student, or grant same credit for dropped courses, when the student proves to the institution that he/she has been effectively activated by the United States Armed Forces Reserves in Puerto Rico or in the Puerto Rico National Guard. Likewise, the student must provide original evidence of his/her activation orders to the registrar’s office of the institution, at least 15 (fifteen) days before the date of his activation. Otherwise, he/she shall do so within a reasonable time.
The reimbursement or return shall be prorated according to the time in the semester when the student has been activated. It shall be the duty of every student to notify the institution, at the beginning of each academic semester, whether he/she is or is not a member of the United States Armed Forces Reserves in Puerto Rico or of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
The reimbursements, returns or credits for the courses mentioned in the previous paragraphs shall be at the request and discretion of the student according to his/her convenience. The abovementioned does not affect the institution’s right to establish a term for any of the options described above, during which the student notifies the institution of the option that he/she shall choose. If the student does not comply with the term established by the institution, he/she must accept the option chosen by the institution from those described above.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 6, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1364 - Reasonable and prioritized accommodation

When a student is activated by a military body to which he/she belongs, the institution shall ensure a place for him/her in all the courses for which he/she enrolled, in one of the two academic semesters or quarters after his/her deactivation.
Furthermore, the institution must guarantee to the activated student reasonable and prioritized accommodation in the courses in which he/she was enrolled, or their equivalent, at the time of the activation once he/she has finished the activation term and decides to continue his/her studies. This shall be according to availability of the courses during that semester. The activated students who are candidates for graduation during the semester of their activation shall have priority over other students in the accommodation of the courses.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 7, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1365 - Withdrawal or incomplete studies

The institution must indicate in the activated student’s official credit transcript that the reason for the withdrawal or incomplete studies classification during the semester underway was due to an activation order.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 8, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 88 - Relationship between Higher Education Centers and Military Students (§§ 1361 — 1366) › § 1366 - Ministerial duty of the Council on Higher Education

It is the ministerial duty of the Council to ensure that the higher education institutions establish administrative measures related to the provisions of this chapter. Likewise, the Council is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines on the institutions that breach some or all the provisions established herein. It also may issue orders to cease and desist to the institutions. It can also resort to [the] courts in the case of violations of this chapter or the regulations, or when necessary, to enforce the orders issued by the Council and the provisions of this chapter.
History —Apr. 11, 2003, No. 109, § 9, eff. 30 days after Apr. 11, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter I - Creation of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1411 — 1415) › § 1411 - Short title

This chapter shall be denominated as the “Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers Organic Act”.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 1; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, §§ 2, 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter I - Creation of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1411 — 1415) › § 1412 - Statement of public policy

It is the public policy of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to establish the Administration for Future Workers and Entrepreneurs Training, which shall provide training and personal development opportunities for the participants by means of the creation of opportunities for study. The Administration shall be governed by two basic program guidelines. First, it shall organize and develop a broad and innovative character-building and technical-vocational training activities program for the comprehensive development of economically disadvantaged youths and/or participants who, from workshops, camping, farms or other study, work and services operation centers or campuses, prepare said youths both for self-employment by means of small businesses and cooperatives and for productive remunerative work in public and private entities and businesses. The Administration shall develop education, training, work and services activities in diverse fields of human endeavor to create new sources of employment in manufacturing, agriculture, commerce, construction, maintenance and repair services, tourism, and any other phase of economic activity.
In the second place, it shall develop an extensive program of works, services and community action programs by the participants, where they will contribute with their efforts and work to solve problems and abate the needs of the community in general, and specifically, of the most needy groups, in order to obtain work experience, and an awareness of their civic, personal and social responsibility. The resources and efforts of other government or civic entities, including those that are non-profit in nature, shall be incorporated to such ends.
In recognition of the overwhelming need to encourage, through the creation of educational, training, work and personal development opportunities for young, socially-disadvantaged persons and/or participants, it is hereby established as a guiding objective of the Administration, that, upon concluding their training and service, the participants shall have developed the attitudes, skills and initiatives that will enable them to create opportunities aggressively, whether as self-employed, or through the organization of small businesses or cooperatives of goods and services.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 2; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 4; Sept. 3, 2003, No. 259, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter I - Creation of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1411 — 1415) › § 1413 - Creation

The “Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers” is hereby created which shall be attached to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, as an operating component, under the general direction, supervision, coordination and evaluation of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, as provided in § 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of May 4, 1994, known as the “Reorganization Plan of the Department of Labor and Human Resources”.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 3; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter II - Direction of the Administration (§§ 1421 — 1422) › § 1421 - Administrator—Appointment

The administrative and executive functions of the Administration shall be executed by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the recommendation of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four (4) years, and until his/her successor is appointed and takes office. The Administrator shall receive the remuneration or salary assigned by the Governor, and consigned annually in the General Budget of Operating Expenses of the Government of Puerto Rico. The Administrator shall answer directly to the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources regarding all matters of the Administration, and shall be subject to the public policy, and the directives and norms promulgated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall approve the internal organization of the Administration, shall determine programmatic priorities, and establish the mechanisms for the liaison and coordination that should exist between the Agency and the other components of the Department.
The Administrator after consulting with the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, may appoint a Deputy Administrator, and fix his/her corresponding remuneration, pursuant to the customary practice for offices of the same or similar nature. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions, duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Administrator, and shall substitute for him/her in the event of his/her temporary absence or disability.
If for any reason, the Administrator should die, resign, or is removed or dismissed from office for any reason, the Deputy Administrator shall assume his/her functions, responsibilities, powers and duties as Acting Administrator until a successor is appointed and takes office.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, §§ 8, 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter III - Organization of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1431 — 1437) › § 1431 - Organization

At the organizational level, the Administration’s components shall consist of the following basic categories:
(1) Officials, career employees, employees of trust or transitory and other salaried or contracted personnel;
(2) volunteers, not considered participants, who render services to the Administration, subject to the provisions of § 1434 of this title, and
(3) participants who enlist in the Administration at an apprentice or assistant level and receive education, training, work, special projects or guidance services.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 8; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, §§ 11, 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter III - Organization of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1431 — 1437) › § 1432 - Eligibility and admittance of participants

Every participant shall meet the following minimum requirements to be eligible to enter the Administration:
(a) Must be between the ages of fourteen (14) to twenty-nine (29) at the time of participating in the programs to be offered by the Administration, with the exception of participants in special projects for workers and/or persons with disabilities.
(b) To require advanced or specialized training or retraining that will give him a real opportunity of finding a job in the labor market.
(c) To require education, training and guidance to be able to obtain and keep a significant job, to participate successfully in the regular educational programs or to qualify for other training programs.
(d) To have the necessary aptitudes and aspirations to complete and obtain the benefits and services of the Administration, and not be affected by medical or psychological problems of such nature that would prevent him/her from meeting the requirements of behavior, discipline, work and successful participation in the group activities required by the Administration.
(e) To meet any other requirement or condition which is provided by regulations and be committed to comply with the rules and norms thereof.
Subject to the basic requirement indicated above, the Administrator shall prepare and submit for the approval of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the regulations on the criteria for eligibility, as well as the procedures for the admission and suspension of the individual components of the Administration.
The Administrator shall likewise adopt the norms and selection guidelines for the participants upon consultation with entities and organizations such as professional or labor groups, public employment agencies, community action bodies or individuals.
No participant shall be selected as such unless there is a reasonable possibility that he/she shall participate successfully in group activities and shall behave in a way that is compatible with the proper functioning of the Administration.
In the selection of the Administration’s participants there shall be no discrimination whatsoever by reason of race, color, sex, birth, origin or social condition or political or religious convictions.
There shall be no discrimination against a participant with a physical disability for said condition when the same does not constitute a limitation to participate in the Administration’s activities.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 9; Aug. 13, 1990, No. 34, p. 133, § 2; Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 3; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter III - Organization of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1431 — 1437) › § 1433 - Scholarships and other incentives

Every participant shall receive a scholarship in the amount and with form of payment, which shall be bimonthly or monthly to be established by regulations. The participants shall also receive an additional financial incentive as established by the Administrator by regulations, according to the Administration’s resources, upon satisfactory completion of a minimum period of service in the Administration. In those cases in which contracts are entered with private educational institutions to offer services to the participants, the scholarships that they receive from the federal or state government for studies shall be understood to be equivalent to the economic incentives and/or scholarships that they should receive for their participation in the Administration, at the discretion of the Administrator.
The Administrator is also authorized to grant participants personal and travel leave, provide them with food, transportation, recreation and other facilities and services as deemed necessary, subject to what is provided for such purposes through regulations.
Every participant who has successfully completed his participation in the Administration shall also receive an official certificate accrediting his studies or training which shall be recognized and admitted as such for all pertinent purposes wherever it is required.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 10; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter III - Organization of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1431 — 1437) › § 1434 - Services by private entities and citizens

The Administrator is hereby authorized to seek, obtain and use the services offered free of charge, totally or partially, by any private profit or nonprofit entity, thus providing by regulations to such effects the measure in which the Administration shall reimburse the necessary expenses as a result of their participation in the Administration which are incurred and duly authorized and verified.
The Administrator shall likewise request and recruit private persons to offer their services to the Administration on a volunteer basis without receiving any remuneration, salary or stipend whatsoever. However, these volunteers may be reimbursed for those expenses they necessarily incur in rendering their services, subject to the applicable regulations.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 11; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter III - Organization of the Administration for the Training of Future Entrepreneurs and Workers (§§ 1431 — 1437) › § 1437 - Regulations

The Administrator shall submit for the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Labor, among others, the following regulations:
(a) To establish the organization and operation of the Administration.
(b) To establish the criteria for the eligibility, continuance and severance of the participants and volunteers.
(c) To fix the conditions, scholarships, financial incentives and other benefits the participants shall receive and the standards to reimburse the expenses incurred to the volunteers pursuant to this chapter.
(d) To establish the disposition of benefits generated by the programs.
(e) To cover everything that is not expressly provided by this chapter, but which is compatible with the faculties and functions provided by law for the Administration.
All regulations adopted according to the authority conferred by this chapter, and duly promulgated shall have force of law.
Provided, That those regulations adopted to govern fiscal matters shall be first approved by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to §§ 283 et seq. of Title 3 known as the “Accounting Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 14, renumbered as § 12 and amended on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 5; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter IV - Interagency Relations (§§ 1441 — 1444) › § 1441 - Agreements with other agencies

(a) The Administration may use, by agreement with any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and with the approval of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources any funds, property, personnel or other resources needed to jointly carry out any project or activity within the purposes of the Administration established by this chapter.
(b) The Administration may cede any funds, property, personnel or other resources it deems convenient to any agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources so that such agency shall take charge of the administration of projects or programs established according to the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 15, renumbered as § 13 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter IV - Interagency Relations (§§ 1441 — 1444) › § 1442 - Transfer of Program

The transfer of personnel, records or other resources property of the Corps of Volunteers at the Service of Puerto Rico to the Administration is hereby directed, which shall not affect the vested rights of said employees. Likewise, the transfer of all substantial property to the Education and Work Program previously ceded to the Corps of Volunteers at the Service of Puerto Rico by the Department of Education, is hereby directed. The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to award ownership and custody of these properties to the Administration once the identification process and inventory of said properties has concluded.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 16, renumbered as § 14 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter IV - Interagency Relations (§§ 1441 — 1444) › § 1443 - Obligation to render services

The Administrator shall award the necessary contracts or agreements to the providers of the Health Reform Plan of the Government of Puerto Rico so that they may provide all possible medical services to the Administration’s participants free of charge or by the payment of a minimum amount to cover the cost of the medication or supplies used as agreed. The Department of Health shall serve as facilitator in the processes of the rendering of health services, maintenance and conservation of physical and mental health enforced by the Health Reform in Puerto Rico.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 17, renumbered as § 15 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter IV - Interagency Relations (§§ 1441 — 1444) › § 1444 - Obligation of the agencies to submit information

Every agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall provide to the Administrator with such information, data, documents and services that are necessary and essential to the Administration after being approved by the head of the corresponding agency, except such information whose disclosure is forbidden by law.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 18, renumbered as § 16 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter V - General Provisions (§§ 1451 — 1455) › § 1451 - Acceptance of donations and funds

The Administration is empowered to accept donations or funds from appropriations, materials, properties or other similar benefits which originate from any person or private institution, or the federal government, or the municipal governments, or any instrumentality or agency of said governments, and advise or enter into contracts and agreements with any of said governments or their instrumentalities or agencies for the use of said donations or funds pursuant exclusively to the Administration’s purposes and objectives and subject to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof. The funds received which originate from donations shall be used according to the terms of each donation and the applicable statutes.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 19, renumbered as § 17 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter V - General Provisions (§§ 1451 — 1455) › § 1452 - Accident protection for volunteers and participants

The participants and volunteers that render services free of charge to the Administration shall be covered by the provisions of §§ 1 et seq. of Title 11, known as the “Work Accident Compensation Act”, when they suffer work accidents or occupational diseases.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 20, renumbered as § 18 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter V - General Provisions (§§ 1451 — 1455) › § 1453 - Preferred treatment

The agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may purchase products or articles of any nature produced by the Administration. Said purchases shall be made directly without the requirement of a submission of bids and without being subject to the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Act”.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 21, renumbered as § 19 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 23.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter V - General Provisions (§§ 1451 — 1455) › § 1454 - Agreements with the federal government

The Administration may solicit, obtain and contract for aid or assistance, in cash, kind, services, or of any other nature from the federal government, for the purposes of this chapter, pursuant to applicable laws, regulations and agreements.
The Governor is hereby empowered to designate the Administrator and the Administration as the official and the agency charged with the administration of any aid or assistance program mentioned in the preceding paragraph. By virtue of such authority, the Administrator shall arrange and process the necessary agreements in the most effective way in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter. To such effects, the Administrator is authorized to use, create, regulate, coordinate, evaluate, or promote and develop, as compatible with the laws, regulations and contractual conditions that govern such agreements, those projects, facilities, organizations, activities and services that are required to obtain the greatest benefits for the Administration. Likewise, the Administrator shall have the power to supply to the entity with which he/she enters into an agreement, or the person or entity designated thereby, with information of any nature whose disclosure is not forbidden by law, in order to comply with any of said agreements.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 22, renumbered as § 20 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 24.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91 - Corps of Volunteers in the Service of Puerto Rico (§§ 1411 — 1455) › Subchapter V - General Provisions (§§ 1451 — 1455) › § 1455 - Accounting of funds

The Administration’s funds shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, separate and distinct from any other funds and moneys of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and shall not be subject to a specific fiscal year.
The Administration’s moneys or funds shall be administered in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for such purposes and pursuant to the guidelines provided in this chapter, and shall be subject to any specific requirements of the federal statutes under any agreement with the Administration, or as a condition of any donation. All disbursements drawn against this Fund shall comply with the general or specific rules that are applicable, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The funds and moneys of the Administration shall be designated exclusively to meet the needs related to the application of this chapter, and their source shall be:
(1) The annual appropriations by the Legislature for the development of the Administration.
(2) The moneys intended by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the payment of medical and hospital insurance, or for any other purpose in benefit of the Administration.
(3) The moneys allocated by or collected from the federal government for any area of the Administration, which shall be used for the purposes for which they have been legislated or agreed.
(4) The moneys that come from donations made to the Administration by any person, or private or government entity, which shall be used according to the conditions of the donation and the statutes that apply to each case.
(5) The moneys generated by the Administration’s activities, which shall be used pursuant to this chapter.
(6) The moneys arising from any source which the Administration shall receive or have custody of, under any agreement, contract, law or any applicable regulations with force of law.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 23, renumbered as § 21 on Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1461 - Creation

The “Student Community Service Project” is hereby created, to be attached to the Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 2.