§ 104. Student transportation discount card
(a) All students of the Virgin Islands enrolled full-time in public, private or parochial schools, and full-time students of the University of the Virgin Islands shall be eligible for a public transportation discount card, regardless of age. (b) The Department of Public Works, through the Office of the Commissioner of Public Works, shall be responsible […]
§ 98. Confidentiality of student records
The Commissioner of Education shall insure, through the promulgation and enforcement of appropriate rules and regulations, family educational and privacy rights as required by the Federal General Education Provisions (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1221 et seq.) and any amendments thereto, or any other applicable federal law which conditions the availability of federal funds on the local […]
§ 101. Rules and regulations covering free transportation generally
The Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the Governor, shall prescribe rules and regulations covering the free transportation of school children within and without the urban areas of the Virgin Islands.
§ 102. Manner of applying for free transportation; means of compensating, etc.
The manner of applying for free transportation, the means of compensating the carrier, and the distances for which free transportation shall be furnished shall be according to rules and regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Education.
§ 103. School bus operators shall be qualified
After September 1, 1980, no person shall operate any motor vehicle to transport children to or from school, school athletic events, or any other school activity, for which transportation is provided pursuant to an agreement with the Department of Education, unless such person shall have obtained a school bus operator’s license in accordance with rules […]
§ 92. Notice for registration of children reaching school age
Once a year the Commissioner of Education shall give public notice to parents or guardians of children who will be of school age during the year to enter the names of such children on the school lists.
§ 93. Information on pupils available to Police Department
Parents, guardians, and managers of landed properties shall give to the Commissioner of Education, on demand, all school information in their possession regarding children under their control.
§ 94. Census of school children
In the month of May, of each year, the Commissioner of Education shall make a list of all the children residing in each legislative district who are between the ages of five and fifteen years with the data as required for school purposes and school registers.
§ 95. Appointment of attendance officers
The Governor may appoint persons to act as attendance officers. The persons appointed shall have the power to compel attendance in accordance with the provisions of sections 82 and 89 of this title.
§ 96. School information furnished to Department of Education
The principal or other person or persons in charge of every public, private, denominational, parochial, or any other school at the opening of such school or schools each year and at such other time or times as the Commissioner of Education directs, shall furnish to the Department of Education, the name, age, and grade of […]