§ 477. University of the Virgin Islands Congressional Internship Scholarship Program; established
(a) There is established within the University of the Virgin Islands the University of the Virgin Islands Congressional Internship Scholarship Program to provide Virgin Islands college students with an integrated academic and work experience in the congressional offices and other agencies in Washington, D.C. to prepare themselves for lives of achievement and civic engagement. (b) […]
§ 480. Declaration of purpose
The purposes and objectives of this chapter are declared to be the development of a technology sector in the Virgin Islands to promote the economic growth, development and diversification of the Virgin Islands and the broadening of the capabilities of the University of the Virgin Islands, including the training of University of the Virgin Islands […]
§ 481. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation Act.”
§ 482. Definitions
As used in this chapter and chapter 42 of this title unless the context requires otherwise, the following words shall have the meaning set forth in this section: (a) “Corporation” means the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation created by this chapter. (b) “Board” means the governing board of the Corporation. […]
§ 483. Public corporation
There is hereby created the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the Corporation, which shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands. Its debts, obligations, contracts, bonds, receipts, expenditures, funds, accounts, projects and […]
§ 474. Small Business Development Center
(a) There is established in the University of the Virgin Islands a Small Business Development Center (hereinafter SBDC). The SBDC shall coordinate local and federal government resources, as well as private sector resources, in the establishment of a program network for the delivery of management and technical assistance through counseling and training to small businesses […]
§ 475. Senior citizen tuition reduction
Persons sixty years of age or older, as verified by a senior citizen I.D. card issued by the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services, or a Real ID card issued in compliance with the Real ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 30301 – Notes, who are domiciliaries of the Virgin Islands for not less […]
§ 476. Valedictorian and Salutatorian Scholarships to the University of the Virgin Islands
(a) There are hereby established the Virgin Islands Valedictorian and Salutatorian Scholarships to the University of the Virgin Islands, in addition to the scholarship established in chapter 15, section 190u of this title. (b) Each student graduating from a secondary high school or the Adult Continuing Education Program as Valedictorian or Salutatorian shall automatically be […]
§ 467. Cooperation by Government
(a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, carrying out, developing, constructing and operating of projects, and of enabling the University to qualify for participation in Federal programs in its authorized fields of activity, the Government of the Virgin Islands, any political subdivision thereof, or any public agency or public body […]
§ 468. Power to render assistance by taxes, appropriations, borrowings, bonds, etc.
Subject to the provisions of section 8(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, approved July 22, 1954, the Government of the United States Virgin Islands may levy taxes, appropriate funds, incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purposes of procuring funds to be loaned, appropriated, contributed, or granted, to the University for […]