§ 313. Maritime Academy established
There is established within the Department of Education, for budgetary purposes only, a public corporation to be known as the United States Virgin Islands Maritime Academy. The Academy shall provide instruction in the nautical sciences, marine engineering and related fields, including all those necessary to prepare cadets to become licensed officers of the American Merchant […]
§ 314. Location of Academy, branches
The Academy shall be maintained at the Port of Charlotte Amalie and its principal place of business shall be on the Island of St. Thomas, but it may have such other offices and places of business in such other locations as the Board of Governors may decide from time to time.
§ 315. Board of Governors; membership
(a) The powers, rights, privileges, functions and duties of the United States Virgin Islands Maritime Academy, shall be vested in a Board of Governors designated as the United States Virgin Islands Maritime Academy Board of Governors. The Board of Governors, upon their appointment and qualification, and their successors, shall be and are constituted a body […]
§ 306. Transportation for veterans
The Director of the Division of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Governor may defray the actual costs of transportation, out of funds provided for the purpose, upon application, of any resident veteran of the Virgin Islands, for the purpose of attending school for career and technical or academic training, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico […]
§ 307. Return transportation
Veterans who have received transportation assistance to study outside of the Virgin Islands shall be eligible to have the costs of their transportation back to the Virgin Islands defrayed, upon completion of the course of study. Application for such assistance shall be made to the Office of the Governor, Division of Veterans Affairs within three […]
§ 308. Amount allowed for transportation
The total costs of transportation granted to any one veteran, departing and returning to the Virgin Islands, shall not exceed $500.00; Provided, That a sum not to exceed 50% of this amount shall be granted for one-way transportation.
§ 309. Tax exemption on transportation
Any tax that may be levied by the Legislature on passenger tickets shall not be collectible from any veteran traveling from the Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico or continental United States for the purpose of attending school, whether transportation is being furnished in accordance with this chapter or otherwise. The Governor or the Government Secretary […]
§ 311. Appropriation
A suitable sum, in accordance with the financial ability of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, shall be provided in the budget each fiscal year, under a special item to be known as “Veterans Assistance for Education”, which sum shall be available for the purpose provided in sections 306–309, 311 of this title.
§ 294. Personnel development
The Department of Education shall establish, and publish or cause to be published a description of, programs and procedures for the development of a comprehensive system of personnel development which shall include the in-service training of general and special educational instructional and support personnel, detailed procedures to assure that all personnel necessary to carry out […]
§ 295. Annual appropriations
Funds for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of this chapter shall be made available by appropriations of the Legislature in the annual budget for the Department of Education.