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§ 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.

§ 301. Veterans’ educational and recreational program

(a) A veterans’ educational and recreational program is established in the Virgin Islands under the supervision of the Commissioner of Education. (b) The facilities of the program may include provision for elementary, secondary, or career and technical education and training, according to the demand or need therefor; and in accordance with standards and requirements set […]

§ 302. Tuition and expenses

Charges may be made of veterans enrolled in or participating in the program, for tuition and operating expenses which will be paid by the Veterans’ Administration in accordance with schedules and conditions authorized by contract or agreement with the Veterans’ Administration.

§ 304. Duties of Commissioner and Board

Insofar as compatible with the nature of this program, the Commissioner of Education and the Virgin Islands Board of Education shall perform the same functions and have the same responsibilities as in the regular program of the Department of Education.

§ 305. Agreements with Veterans’ Administration

Such agreements by the Governor or the Commissioner of Education with the Veterans’ Administration as may be necessary or proper for carrying out this program are authorized, ratified and approved.

§ 291. Annual report

On or before March 15th of each year, the Department of Education shall submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, and make available for public distribution, a report setting forth the extent to which the Department of Education is providing or causing to be provided the special education and related services for children with […]

§ 286. Division of Educational Programs for Children with Disabilities

(a) There is hereby established in the Department of Education a Division of Educational Programs for Children with Disabilities. The Division shall be headed by a director who shall be qualified by education, training, and experience to take responsibility for, and give direction to, the program of the Department of Education relating to the disabled. […]

§ 287. Responsibilities of the Department of Education

The Department of Education shall be responsible for insuring that: (a) a free appropriate public education is available to all children with disabilities between the ages of three and twenty-one; (b) all children residing in the Territory who are disabled, regardless of the severity or chronicity of their disability, and who are in need of […]