§ 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 […]
§ 97. Furnishing birth certificates
The Commissioner of Health shall furnish without charge to the Commissioner of Education, upon request, the birth certificate of any child of compulsory school age born in the Virgin Islands.
§ 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 […]
§ 87. Punishment of pupils by school authorities
All principals and teachers in the public schools in the Virgin Islands shall have the right to exercise the same authority, as to conduct and behavior, over pupils attending their schools during the time they are in attendance, including the time required in going to and from their homes, as parents, guardians, or persons in […]
§ 88. Penalties affecting parents and employers
(a) In case any parent, guardian, or other person in parental relation shall fail to comply with any provisions of this title he shall be deemed guilty of violation thereof and on conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than $100. (b) Any person who employs a child of compulsory school age […]
§ 89. Apprehension of, and manner of dealing with, truant
(a) Any child of compulsory school age, who is found anywhere other than on the school’s premises in which the child is enrolled, during school hours, without an acceptable excuse having been furnished by a parent or guardian to the appropriate school official, or who is not enrolled in a school as required by law, […]