(a) The school year must begin no earlier than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August and end no later than the second Friday in June. (b) The Department of Education, pursuant to title 24 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 14, shall set the school calendar. (c) The school calendar under subsection (b) must […]
Holidays for pupils and teachers in the public schools and for school lunch workers in public, private, or denominational schools who are employed by the Department of Education and who actually work in such schools, shall be as follows: (1) Saturday and all legal holidays. (2) Christmas school holidays as set by the Department of […]
The schedule of holidays for schools other than public schools shall be arranged by the authorities in such schools; provided, that there shall be not more than ninety days’ vacation in any one school year, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
(a) The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall prescribe rules relative to absences of pupils for religious holidays, including but not limited to a list of holidays on which it shall be mandatory to excuse a pupil of the faith for which a particular religious holiday is declared. In addition, the […]
(a) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to establish “summer school” at any time after the last day of a school year and before the first day of the succeeding school year. Attendance at summer school shall be voluntary. The Commissioner shall determine the curricula and course of study at summer school; provided, however, that […]
