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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 424 - ABC campaign—Executive Director; appointment, powers, compensation [Repealed]

History —May 1, 1929, No. 48, p. 254, § 7, eff. 90 days after May 1, 1929; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 425 - ABC campaign—Delegation of Secretary’s powers; appropriation [Repealed]

History —May 1, 1929, No. 48, p. 254, § 8, eff. 90 days after May 1, 1929; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 426 - Student fees; examination, diploma, and duplicates

The Division of Free Studies of the Department of Education is hereby authorized to charge the following fees to the students:
(a) Examination fee: not more than one dollar ($1) for each subject.
(b) Fee for diploma: not more than five dollars ($5).
(c) Duplicate certificate fee: fifty cents ($0.50).
History —Apr. 19, 1928, No. 17, p. 142, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 19, 1928.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 428 - Night schools—Establishment; use of day schools

Night schools shall be established in each section of every barrio having a population of three hundred (300) or over; Provided, That wherever possible, and for the purposes of §§ 428—434 of this title, schools already established for day instruction shall be used.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 429 - Night schools—Appointment of teachers; qualifications

The school director of the respective municipality shall appoint, with the approval of the Secretary of Education, the necessary teachers for the aforesaid schools; Provided, That the Secretary of Education, upon recommendation of any school director of Puerto Rico, be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue special teachers’ licenses to such persons as have completed their elementary course and possess all other legal qualifications.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 430 - Night schools—Subjects for instruction

It shall be the duty of said teachers to teach reading, writing and the four (4) primary rules of arithmetic.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 431 - Night schools—Class hours

Class hours in the aforesaid schools shall be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 432 - Night schools—Admissions

There shall be admitted to such schools all persons from the section of the barrio, or its vicinity, where the school is established, irrespective of their number, provided there are not less than twenty (20) nor more than fifty (50).
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 433 - Night schools—Compensation for teachers

The Department of Education shall allow said teachers a compensation of fifteen dollars ($15) a month; Provided, That the school directors be, and the same are hereby, authorized to establish such schools with their surplus funds.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 434 - Night schools—Appropriation

For the purposes of §§ 428—434 of this title there is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); Provided, That said appropriation shall be included in the budget of expenses of the Commonwealth for the fiscal year 1919-20, and thereafter.
History —May 26, 1919, No. 15, p. 124, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 435 - English for farm emigrants to United States—Extension of adults’ program

The Secretaries of Labor and Human Resources and of Education of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized, after a survey to be carried out in the camps for Puerto Rican emigrants in the United States, to extend the benefits of the English-for-Adults Program to the Puerto Rican workers who seasonally emigrate to the United States to work and live in farm camps in different regions of that country, for periods which vary from five (5) to six (6) months. These educational activities so extended determined by the Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico. The directors of the English-for-Adults Program, under the supervision of the Secretary of Education, shall be in charge of the development of the plans and of the determination of methods and techniques to be used. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to select the places where the teaching facilities shall be offered.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 108, p. 259, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 436 - English for farm emigrants to United States—Coordination of activities between Secretaries of Labor and Human Resources and of Education

The Secretaries of Labor and Human Resources and Education shall coordinate their activities with other organizations of the Government that may in some way be concerned with this Program.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 108, p. 259, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 437 - English for farm emigrants to United States—Powers of Secretary of Labor and Human Resources

To enforce the provisions of §§ 435—438 of this title, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby authorized to:
(1) Establish, in accord with the Secretary of Education, the necessary standards and requirements for selecting, appointing and employing teachers and the necessary additional personnel for the administration, operation and functioning of this Program, and to pay them the proper compensation for their services thereunder. The positions and personnel of this Program created by §§ 435—438 of this title shall not be subject to the provisions of Act No. 345, of May 12, 1947.
(2) Set the compensation schedule to be received by the teachers and other personnel, after consultation with and approval of the Office of Management and Budget, taking into account the experience and preparation of the applicants, the salaries drawn by the teachers in Puerto Rico and in the locality of the camp where the educational service is to be offered. Preference shall be given to teachers with a thorough knowledge of the English and Spanish languages, and, if possible, who reside in the United States.
(3) Make the necessary arrangement and enter into agreements with the owners, administrators or managers of the camps with regard to the use of facilities for the development of the programs and the most convenient time schedule for such purposes.
(4) Guarantee adequate supervision of the work done by the teachers employed and evaluate the achievements and progress of the workers.
(5) Publish and distribute gratis pamphlets and all kinds of printed material helpful to effectuating the purposes of §§ 435—438 of this title.
(6) Exercise any other powers incidentally necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of §§ 435—438 of this title.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 108, p. 259, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 19 - Adult Education; Night Schools (§§ 401 — 438) › § 438 - English for farm emigrants to United States—Budgetary provisions

The necessary sum to meet this new educational activity shall be included annually in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government, to be used in and devoted to the expansion of the English-for-Adults Program under the terms of §§ 435—438 of this title.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 108, p. 259, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 441 - Definitions

(1) Blind student. — Individual who requires special education services and for whom some of the following apply:
(a) In spite of the use of mirrors, he has a 20/200 functional vision or less with his stronger eye, which limits the diameter of his visual field to an angular distance of not more than 20 degrees.
(b) Has a diagnosis of a visual condition in progressive deterioration.
(c) Although his functional vision allows him to read, the diagnosis of progressive visual deterioration is of such a degree that it could be expected that in the near future he/she shall be incapable of reading texts printed in ink.
(2) Braille. — System for reading and writing by touch. Known in Spanish as “Basic Signs of Spanish Writing”, and in English as “Standard English Braille”.
(3) Individiualized education program. — Document that establishes in writing that the student requires special education services and which qualifies under the regulations of Section 614(d) of the federal statute, known as the “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act” [20 U.S.C. 1414(d)].
(4) Educational material. — Any material or work used in a study course.
(5) Secretary. — To the Secretary of the Department of Education.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 442 - Evaluation and planning for the individualized education program

Once it is established that the student is blind or partially blind, the education of said student shall be fundamentally accomplished through the Braille System, unless the Multidisciplinary Committee for Placement certifies that, based on the student’s evaluation, Braille is not the adequate method for said student. Said student must have access and if he so wishes may benefit from services or features of technological assistance.
The certification must justify, in terms of long-range academic benefit for the student, that the Braille System is not the adequate method for the student’s education. The student’s parents or custodians shall have the power to request that the student is taught fundamentally in Braille.
The document of the individualized education program must include:
(1) Medical certification about the student’s visual status.
(2) How education will be provided to the student using the Braille System.
(3) Time period during which Braille shall be taught.
(4) A determination of the level of reading comprehension and writing comprehension intended to be reached during such time period and the parameters used to measure them.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 443 - Competence and instruction standards

The teaching, use and handling of the system given to the blind child must be such as to allow him/her to communicate effectively and efficiently with other students at the same level or grade. The individualized education program of each student must include:
(1) The result of the evaluation mentioned in § 442 of this title.
(2) The way in which Braille as a teaching method shall be integrated with other curricular activities.
(3) The date when Braille education starts.
(4) The period that such education shall cover, and the quantity and duration of each lesson.
(5) The reading comprehension and writing level intended to be reached during such time period and the parameters used to measure same.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 444 - Educational material

(a) The Department of Education of Puerto Rico shall require all publishing houses that publish books to be used as part of the Department’s syllabus, to supply a copy of said material on a computer disk, in the American Standard Code for Information Interchange or ASCII format. Other than literary topics, the publisher shall supply, in this same format, materials for other subjects, such as science, mathematics, music, etc.
(b) The Department of Education shall appoint a committee to implement the provisions of this section. The committee shall consist of not more than nine (9) members who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education. Among the members there shall be:
(1) A representative of the companies of computerized educational material.
(2) A representative of the manufacturers of books in Braille.
(3) An education specialist, specialized in the use of the Braille System.
(4) Two representatives of the Department of Education.
(5) A spokesperson for the consumers of Braille materials.
(6) A representative of parents of blind children.
(7) A representative of the teachers.
(c) The Secretary shall convene the initial meeting and the members shall choose their Directors. No salary shall be paid to the committee members for their activities.
(d) Materials development and production. — The Committee must:
(1) Work jointly with the textbook publishing houses so that these are translated into ASCII language, so that they can be reproduced in Braille.
(2) Stay current about computerized programs and applications in or outside of Puerto Rico which can improve the conversion of materials into the ASCII language.
(3) Work jointly with publishing houses and developers of computerized application programs for the design and preparation of new programs.
(e) The Department of Education, together with the Committee shall deliver an annual report to the Legislature with its findings and a summary of its activities.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 445 - Teacher certification; requirements

(a) Any teacher certified as a teacher for blind or visually-impaired students must, as part of the certification program, show adequate skill and competence in reading and writing in the Braille System.
(b) The Department of Education shall create a certification committee which shall evaluate said teachers according to the standards established by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress of the United States.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 20 - Teaching of Braille (§§ 441 — 446) › § 446 - Resources

The Department shall request resources to implement this chapter in its budget request for 2003—2004.
History —Sept. 29, 2002, No. 240, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 21 - Nursing School (§§ 461 — 462) › § 461 - Board of Trustees; regulations

A Board of Trustees is hereby created which shall be known by the official title of “Trustees of the Puerto Rico Nursing School”, said Board to consist of the following persons:
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, president; the Municipal Commissioner of Charities of San Juan; the President of the Chapter of the Red Cross in Puerto Rico; the President of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico; the President of the Academy of Medicine of Puerto Rico.
Said Board of Trustees is hereby vested with the power and authority necessary to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the due administration and operation of the Puerto Rico Nursing School.
History —July 21, 1923, J.R. No. 42, p. 770, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 21 - Nursing School (§§ 461 — 462) › § 462 - Scholarships to school

The municipalities of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to provide scholarships for young women desiring to attend the School for Nurses, and to appropriate in their annual budgets the amount that may be necessary to pay the fees, lodging and other necessary expenses of the students, which expenses shall be determined by the Board of Trustees of the School for Nurses.
History —July 21, 1923, J.R. No. 42, p. 770, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 22 - Puerto Rico Department of Education Practice Teaching Program (§§ 471 — 475) › § 472 - Establishment of practice centers

The authorities of the University of Puerto Rico and those of the accredited higher education private institutions are hereby empowered, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to organize practice centers outside of their university campuses. Said centers shall be established in the public or private schools duly accredited by the Department of Education and in those authorized government agencies. These practice centers will be subject to supervision by the Department of Education.
History —Aug. 23, 1989, No. 79, p. 344, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 22 - Puerto Rico Department of Education Practice Teaching Program (§§ 471 — 475) › § 473 - Bonuses for participants

Notwithstanding what is provided by § 551 of Title 3, the payment of a monthly bonus to cooperating teachers and cooperating directors of the practice centers who render services at said centers in public schools, is hereby authorized. This bonus shall be granted for additional work performed by them in the direction and supervision of teaching practice, as well as for the greater responsibility that such a task entails. Likewise, the payment of a monthly bonus to University of Puerto Rico students who carry out the teaching practice at said centers is hereby authorized for the acquisition of materials and other expenses related to the teaching tasks.
It is provided that the monthly bonus for cooperating teachers and cooperating directors of practice centers in public schools who render services in the training of other teaching professionals from private universities, and any other bonus or stipend to be paid, shall be the sole responsibility of said private institutions.
When the private universities use the practice centers at private schools, they shall be completely responsible for all expenses related to their organization and operation.
History —Aug. 23, 1989, No. 79, p. 344, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 22 - Puerto Rico Department of Education Practice Teaching Program (§§ 471 — 475) › § 474 - Rules and regulations

The Department of Education, the University of Puerto Rico and recognized private universities that have schools of education, shall approve and promulgate the norms and regulations that will govern the organization and internal functioning of the practice centers no later than ninety (90) days from the date of approval of this act.
History —Aug. 23, 1989, No. 79, p. 344, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 22 - Puerto Rico Department of Education Practice Teaching Program (§§ 471 — 475) › § 475 - Process for dealing with unforseen matters

Any problem or matter connected with the guidance and operation of the practice centers not foreseen by this chapter will be resolved by common accord between the Secretary of Education and the President of the University of Puerto Rico or the official designated by them, and in the case of private institutions, between the Secretary and the corresponding authorities of the institution. However, it is provided, that if a shortage of practice centers occurs, the students from the University of Puerto Rico shall have priority in selecting where they will perform their teaching practice.
History —Aug. 23, 1989, No. 79, p. 344, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 495 - School of Industrial Arts—Construction

The sum of nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) is hereby appropriated from any funds in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be placed at the disposal of the Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico, created by §§ 601—614 of this title, for the construction of a building and for the purchase of the necessary equipment for the establishment of a school of industrial arts. Said school shall be established at the most suitable place in the opinion of said Higher Education Council. The Secretary of the Treasury shall place at the disposal of the Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico the sum herein appropriated for said purposes.
History —May 15, 1945, No. 324, p. 1258, § 1; Mar. 27, 1946, No. 219, p. 434, § 1, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 496 - School of Industrial Arts—Maintenance

After the school referred to in §§ 495—497 of this title is established, the Commonwealth Government shall make the proper appropriations for the maintenance thereof.
History —May 15, 1945, No. 324, p. 1258, added as § 1(a) on Mar. 27, 1946, No. 219, p. 434, § 2, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 497 - School of Industrial Arts—Administration; courses of study; scholarships

The Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico shall be charged with the direction and administration of the school of industrial arts created by §§ 495—497 of this title; shall fix the courses of studies and shall prepare the regulations necessary for the operation thereof. It is likewise empowered to grant, chargeable to the funds appropriated by §§ 495—497 of this title, scholarships or financial aid to students and workmen attending the school of industrial arts in meritorious cases, under the regulations promulgated for such purpose.
History —May 15, 1945, No. 324, p. 1258, § 2; Mar. 27, 1946, No. 219, p. 434, § 3, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 498 - School of Industrial Arts—Under direction of Department of Education

The School of Industrial Arts (hereinafter referred to as the School) as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1950, shall function as a part of the Department of Education in accordance with the provisions of this section and § 499 of this title.
History —May 14, 1950, No. 425, p. 1030, § 1, eff. July 1, 1950.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 499 - School of Industrial Arts—Budget; purchases and transportation

The School of Industrial Arts shall continue being subject in its operation to the same limitations and controls to which it was subject while a part of the University of Puerto Rico, with the following modifications:
(a) Budget.— The annual budget of expenses of the School shall be included in the annual budget of the Department of Education and shall be submitted to the Legislature through the Office of the Governor.
(b) Purchases.— The School shall purchase through the Service Office of the Government of Puerto Rico its equipment and materials and all that may be necessary to carry out its functions.
(c) Transportation.— The acquisition, use, maintenance, and sale of, and everything related to, the motor vehicles of the School, shall be subjected to the control and the authority of the Transportation Office of the Commonwealth Government.
History —May 14, 1950, No. 425, p. 1030, § 2, eff. July 1, 1950.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 508 - Service of vocational orientation—Appropriation

Such sum as may be deemed necessary shall be included in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government, which sum shall be placed at the disposal of the Secretary of Education to extend the Service of Vocational Orientation in the public schools of Puerto Rico.
History —May 14, 1944, No. 106, p. 278, § 1; Apr. 13, 1946, No. 324, p. 868, § 1, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 509 - Service of vocational orientation—Technical services and other expenses

Such sum as may be included in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico shall be used for contracting for the services of technicians in vocational education, whose mission it shall be to give vocational and educational orientation to the pupils attending the urban and rural schools of Puerto Rico; for the contracting for the services of supervisors; to meet traveling expenses and per diems of supervisors and for supplies, printed matter, publications and other expenditures related to the vocational service.
History —May 14, 1944, No. 106, p. 278, § 2; Apr. 13, 1946, No. 324, p. 868, § 1, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 510 - Program for training household workers

The Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to develop a program for the training of household workers, waiters, cooks, valets, bellboys and other hotel and restaurant employees.
History —May 6, 1948, No. 98, p. 222, § 1; May 2, 1949, No. 158, p. 422, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 511 - Program for training household workers—Cooperation of other government agencies

The Department of Education shall coordinate its activities with those of other government organizations in any way interested in this program.
History —May 6, 1948, No. 98, p. 222, § 2, eff. July 1, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 512 - Program for training household workers—Contract for teachers for program

In order to carry out the provisions of §§ 510—512 of this title, the Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to contract for the services of teachers who are practicing in the public schools of Puerto Rico or of any licensed teacher who is authorized to practice his profession, and to pay said teachers adequate compensation for the additional services that they may render as teachers in this program outside the regular time of their service as public school teachers.
History —May 6, 1948, No. 98, p. 222, § 5, eff. July 1, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 513 - Extra compensation for teaching part-time classes in vocational education

The Secretary of Education and the Board for Advanced Skills, Vocational and Technical Education are hereby authorized to contract for the services of practicing teachers in vocational schools or any public school, or of other officers and employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, and to pay them due extra compensation for the additional services they may render in part-time classes of the Vocational Education Program or in the training of workmen in industry, outside their regular hours as teachers or as public servants, without subjection to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3.
History —Oct. 19, 1954, No. 5, p. 216, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 23 - Vocational Education (§§ 491 — 514) › § 514 - Training and retraining programs for unemployed workers

The Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to continue participating in the training and retraining programs for unemployed workers under congressional act 87-415 entitled “Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962” (42 U.S.C. 2571-2620); to administer programs for the development and training of human resources and to pay bonuses to persons covered by said programs; to enter, in behalf of the Commonwealth, into agreements or contracts with the pertinent federal agencies, containing such provisions as may be necessary or desirable so that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may participate in said programs; to expend all funds that may be appropriated for these programs by the Commonwealth or its agencies or political subdivisions or by the federal government, to supervise the expenditure of said funds and the conducting of such programs carried out by other public and private agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; to make such reports and certifications as may be required, and to cooperate with the federal government and its different departments and agencies in the administration of said programs.
History —June 24, 1965, No. 77, p. 180, eff. July 1, 1965.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 541 - Acquisition of land for agricultural education

The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall be used by the Secretary of Education for the acquisition, through purchase or condemnation proceedings, of lands for public schools or second rural units in various parts of the Commonwealth which lack lands or do not have sufficient land for the practical and efficient teaching of agriculture; Provided, That for the purpose of enforcing §§ 541—544 of this title and of making it [immediately] effective, the power of expropriation is vested in the Secretary of Education for the purposes set forth, and the lands selected may be expropriated without the previous declaration of public utility provided for by the General Expropriation Act, §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32. Said lands and lots and accessories thereof are hereby declared [to be] of public utility.
The acquisition of said land shall be devoted exclusively for agricultural education and the Department of Education may not alter its use.
History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, § 2; May 15, 1945, No. 277, p. 986, § 1; Apr. 3, 1946, No. 257, p. 528, § 2; Apr. 19, 2007, No. 34, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 542 - Acquisition of lands for agricultural instruction—Land titles subject to approval of Secretary of Justice

Titles to the lands to be acquired under the provisions of §§ 541—544 of this title shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico. The surveys and demarcation of said lands shall be made by the Division of Public Lands and Archives of the Department of Transportation and Public Works.
History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 543 - Acquisition of lands for agricultural instruction—Exemption of deeds and instruments from tax

The deeds or other instruments executed in favor of the Commonwealth in the purchase of lands and accessories thereof selected under the provisions of §§ 541—544 of this title, as well as copies of said documents issued for official use, shall be authorized by any notary public of Puerto Rico without the internal revenue stamps and the forensic fee of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico provided by §§ 851—858 and 2021 respectively, of Title 4, or by any other law.
History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, added as § 3(a) on Apr. 3, 1946, No. 257, p. 528, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 544 - Acquisition of land for agricultural education—Disposal of surplus property

The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to cede or transfer to agencies or instrumentalities of the Commonwealth Government or to municipal governments any property acquired in excess of that required for the ends and purposes for which the purchase was made, through a certification issued by the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Agriculture stating the need for transferring or altering its use for justified cause.
For the purposes of this §§ 541—544 of this title, the definition of justified cause shall apply when the subject matter is [no] longer taught as a course in the school concerned.
However, the transfer or alteration in the use of that portion of the land acquired for agricultural education required for the ends and purposes for which the purchase was made is hereby prohibited.
History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, added as § 3(b) on Apr. 3, 1946, No. 257, p. 528, § 3; Apr. 19, 2007, No. 34, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 545 - Agricultural-industrial training

In the schools of Puerto Rico operating under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Department of Education, agricultural-industrial training, systematized according to scientific and simple methods, shall be established and intensified.
History —Aug. 13, 1925, J.R. No. 47, p. 1104, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 546 - Agricultural-industrial training—Elementary courses in agriculture

The Secretary of Education is directed to prepare and establish in the rural schools of Puerto Rico and in the schools of the urban zone, where general conditions permit, in addition to those subjects which he deems indispensable for the general culture of the people, an additional simple course of instruction in agriculture, which shall embrace, elementarily, the following subjects:
(a) Theoretical and practical demonstration of the advantages of modern methods of cultivation.
(b) Intensive cultivation of the soil and advantage of deep plowing.
(c) Selection of seeds and introduction of new varieties.
(d) Easy methods by which to ascertain the kind of soil, its acidity and the manner of neutralizing it by the use of lime.
(e) Intelligent use of chemical fertilizers and the advantageous use of waste from farms as fertilizing material.
(f) Advantage of alternation and rotation of crops.
(g) Elementary ideas of horticulture, agriculture, the livestock industry, climatology and agricultural accounting.
(h) Importance of conservation of forests and reforestation; its influence on the climate and on the humidity of the soil; its relation to domestic economy.
History —Aug. 13, 1925, J.R. No. 47 p. 1104, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 547 - Agricultural-industrial training—Cooperation of Secretary of Agriculture

The Secretary of Agriculture shall cooperate with the Secretary of Education for the better success of the new plan of agricultural instruction hereby established; and for this purpose, he shall facilitate and place at the disposal of the Secretary of Education such services as the Experimental Station and agricultural farms of the Department of Agriculture may render, for the greater success of said plan; and he shall supply such selected seeds of useful trees and plants as he may be able to secure from the above places, suitable for transplanting, and to serve for demonstration in school gardens, and such literature as may be published by his Department suitable for distribution in all schools.
History —Aug. 13, 1925, J.R. No. 47, p. 1104, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 548 - Agricultural-industrial training—Gardens for local schools

In each municipality, the respective municipal department of education shall provide each rural school with such agricultural implements as may be necessary and with a parcel of land of not less than one cuerda, conveniently situated, which shall be used as a school garden or agricultural demonstration field by such school. The acquisition of these parcels may be through donation, lease or purchase, and it is hereby declared a public utility and necessity; Provided, That in case of necessity, eminent domain proceedings may be instituted in any competent court.
History —Aug. 13, 1925, J.R. No. 47, p. 1104, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 25 - Education in Agriculture (§§ 541 — 549) › § 549 - Agricultural-industrial training—Appropriation

To carry out the provisions of §§ 545—549 of this title, funds may be provided as follows:
(a) By appropriation in the budget of general expenses of the Commonwealth;
(b) by grant made by the Rural Improvements Commission provided for in §§ 111—121 of Title 22, for the purpose of carrying out of said sections, and
(c) if at any time there is a surplus in the Commonwealth Treasury, not needed for the payment of the indebtedness now existing for current expenses, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for carrying out the provisions of §§ 545—549 of this title.
History —Aug. 13, 1925, J.R. No. 47, p. 1104, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 26 - Health Education (§§ 551 — 554) › § 551 - Public policy

This Legislature resolves and declares as public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, that health education at all levels of the public education system is one of the areas which must be stressed, to teach students methods to prevent diseases, stay healthy and improve their conditions of life in all physical, social, and emotional aspects. To those effects, the Department of Education of Puerto Rico shall strengthen and extend the school health program, including courses and practical workshops on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), in the measure available resources permit, in order to take into consideration the health of school age children, prevailing health habits in the home and in the community where they share medical facilities offered by the community and education in health matters.
History —Aug. 17, 1989, No. 70, p. 314, § 1; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 306, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 26 - Health Education (§§ 551 — 554) › § 552 - Establishment of task force

The Department of Education, the Department of Health, the Civil Defense, volunteers certified on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the Mental and Addiction Services Administration of Puerto Rico shall establish a multidisciplinary task force to offer health education in all elementary, intermediate and high schools.
The Secretary of the Department of Education is hereby required to establish a First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training Program for teachers, teaching and non-teaching personnel, and intermediate and high school students that compose the Puerto Rico System of Education. The courses shall be offered by duly certified health professionals, who will attest that the group of personnel, as well as the group of students, has satisfactorily completed the requirements to receive the certification.
The Department of Education shall be responsible for taking all the necessary steps so that professionals certified to teach first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), may offer said courses to teachers, teaching and non-teaching personnel, and intermediate and high school students. These courses shall be a graduation requirement for intermediate and high school students.
The Department of Education is hereby authorized, without being understood as a limitation, to request and use, in the measure the Secretary of the concerned departments authorizes it, those professional, human and technical resources of the Department of Heath, the Civil Defense, volunteers certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration, for the implementation of this section, and the resources of §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
In addition, the Department of Education shall be responsible for procuring that in every school of the Education System, workshops and seminars are prepared each semester, to strengthen and update the knowledge acquired during the first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses that were originally offered. For this purpose, the Department may receive transfers of resources, personnel and advice from the necessary government agencies, from volunteers certified in these courses, private entities, the Puerto Rico Heart Association, the Puerto Rico American Red Cross, and from any other professional, certified to offer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses.
History —Aug. 17, 1989, No. 70, p. 314, § 2; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 306, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 26 - Health Education (§§ 551 — 554) › § 553 - Plan for compliance

The Department of Education of Puerto Rico shall establish a plan for the compliance of the provision of this chapter and shall implement said plan in a form and manner that said health education may reach as soon as possible all levels of public education, but always starting at the elementary school level.
History —Aug. 17, 1989, No. 70, p. 314, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 26 - Health Education (§§ 551 — 554) › § 554 - Transfers

To comply with the purposes of this chapter, the Department of Education of Puerto Rico may receive the transfer of personnel and resources, and the advice of any government dependency, as well as any other kind of help from those persons or private entities who are willing to collaborate with the implementation of this health education program.
History —Aug. 17, 1989, No. 70, p. 314, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 571 - Bands of Mercy compulsory in public schools—Establishment; regulations

The Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to establish compulsory Bands of Mercy in all the rural, elementary and high schools under his jurisdiction, and to prepare rules for their better functioning and development.
History —June 17, 1925, J.R. No. 33, p. 1068, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 572 - Bands of Mercy compulsory in public schools—Annual report

The Secretary of Education shall require an annual report from school inspectors concerning the work and the practical results obtained in their respective districts as regards these Bands of Mercy.
History —June 17, 1925, J.R. No. 33, p. 1068, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 573 - Moral education in public schools

The Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish in the public schools the teaching of morals and good habits and manners to the children attending said schools, and to promote the dissemination of the principles of morals and citizenship among the parents of pupils, under the auspices and with the cooperation of the local Parent-Teacher Associations and of the Commonwealth League of these associations.
History —May 5, 1939, No. 106, p. 550, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 574 - Moral education in public schools—Supervisor of Moral Education and Social Relations

This work shall by directed by a Supervisor of Moral Education and Social Relations whom the Secretary of Education shall appoint immediately, fixing his salary chargeable to the appropriation in the budget under the heading “Division of Supervision, Investigations and Preparation of Courses of Study: Supervision of Schools”, with the assistance and cooperation of the Supervisor of Social Sciences and of the Director of the Bureau of Adults of the Department of Education, all of whom shall, in turn, obtain the cooperation of the Parent-Teacher Associations and of the Commonwealth League of these associations.
History —May 5, 1939, No. 106, p. 550, § 2, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART I - Public Schools (§§ 1 — 596d) › Chapter 27 - Moral Training (§§ 571 — 576) › § 575 - Moral education in public schools—Courses in morals and good habits

It shall be the duty of those in charge of this work in the Department of Education to disseminate throughout all the public schools of the Commonwealth the teaching of morals and of good habits and manners to the pupils, according to a special course and a flexible teaching plan which shall be prepared and published by the Department of Education.
History —May 5, 1939, No. 106, p. 550, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.