(a) The Virgin Islands National Guard shall implement and administer the Youth Challenge Program, whose goal is to improve the life skills and employment potential of participants by providing military-based training and supervised work experience, in addition to the core program components of assisting participants to receive a high school diploma or its equivalent, leadership […]
Participation in the Youth Challenge Program is on a voluntary basis. No person may be sentenced by any court to participate in the program; however, a youth court Judge may recommend the program to a child when, under the court’s determination, such a program would be sufficient to meet the needs of the child.
(a) The Virgin Islands National Guard under the auspices of the Challenge Academy, may award an adult high school diploma to each participant who meets the requirements for a general equivalency diploma (GED) under the policies and guidelines of the GED Testing Services of the American Council on Education and any other minimum academic requirements […]
The Virgin Islands National Guard may accept any available funds that may be used to defray the expenses of the Program, including, but not limited to, federal funding, public or private funds and any funds that may be appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
The Virgin Islands National Guard shall make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Youth Challenge Program including, but not limited to, the number of applicants to the program by district, race and sex, the number of applicants accepted, the number of applicants rejected, the number of persons completing the program, […]
