§ 293. Relationship to other government agencies
It is the purpose of this section to promote the efficient and expert implementation of special education programs and related services in the Territory. The Department of Education may establish and operate or cooperate with other agencies of the Virgin Islands Government in establishing and operating programs providing special education and related services for children […]
§ 294. Personnel development
The Department of Education shall establish, and publish or cause to be published a description of, programs and procedures for the development of a comprehensive system of personnel development which shall include the in-service training of general and special educational instructional and support personnel, detailed procedures to assure that all personnel necessary to carry out […]
§ 295. Annual appropriations
Funds for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of this chapter shall be made available by appropriations of the Legislature in the annual budget for the Department of Education.
§ 291. Annual report
On or before March 15th of each year, the Department of Education shall submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, and make available for public distribution, a report setting forth the extent to which the Department of Education is providing or causing to be provided the special education and related services for children with […]
§ 292. Rules and regulations
(a) The Department of Education shall from time to time amend and revise, rules and regulations for the implementation of this chapter. (b) General notice of any proposed rules and regulations shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the Territory and shall include: (1) a statement of the time, place […]
§ 286. Division of Educational Programs for Children with Disabilities
(a) There is hereby established in the Department of Education a Division of Educational Programs for Children with Disabilities. The Division shall be headed by a director who shall be qualified by education, training, and experience to take responsibility for, and give direction to, the program of the Department of Education relating to the disabled. […]
§ 287. Responsibilities of the Department of Education
The Department of Education shall be responsible for insuring that: (a) a free appropriate public education is available to all children with disabilities between the ages of three and twenty-one; (b) all children residing in the Territory who are disabled, regardless of the severity or chronicity of their disability, and who are in need of […]
§ 288. Contracts not prohibited
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the Department of Education from making arrangements with, and/or payments to, public and private schools, institutions and agencies, for services to children with disabilities where it is unable to provide satisfactory service with its own facilities and personnel, and the facilities and personnel of schools […]
§ 289. Procedural safeguards
(a) The Department of Education shall establish and maintain procedures to assure that children with disabilities and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural safeguards with respect to the provision of a free appropriate public education which shall include but shall not be limited to: (1) an opportunity for the parents or guardians to examine […]
§ 290. Administrative and judicial review
(a) A child, or the child’s parent or guardian, may obtain administrative and judicial review of any action or omission covered by this chapter on the grounds that the child has been or is about to be: (1) denied entry or continuance in a program of special education appropriate to the child’s disability and needs; […]