§ 131. Hiring of new department employees
(a) No person hired by the Department of Education as a teacher paraprofessional, other educator or support staff shall commence employment with the Department of Education without first receiving an executed and valid Notice of Personnel Action (NOPA) from the Division of Personnel. (b) No person may be hired as a school monitor who has […]
§ 132. Masters Degree Incentive Program
(a) Any teacher certified under the provisions of this chapter and who is employed in the Virgin Islands public school system for at least five (5) years shall be provided for two consecutive summer terms free tuition for attendance at the University of the Virgin Islands for the pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Education. […]
§ 133. School monitors
The Department of Education shall provide training for employees who have been hired as monitors, before they begin working at a school and shall provide professional development training for all monitors employed by the Department.
§ 115. Reports and recommendations to parents or guardians
The principal or other authorized official of a school shall report to a child’s parent or guardian any unusual behavior, changes in physical appearance, changes in attendance habits and changes in scholastic achievement which may indicate an impairment of a child’s health. Recommendations as to medical, surgical or dental care shall be sent to each […]
§ 116. Rules and regulations
The Commissioner of Education, jointly with the Commissioner of Health, shall issue such rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, as they shall deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of effectuating and implementing the same, provided, however, that the content of the medical, dental, nursing and environmental health portions of the […]
§ 121. Qualifications, certificates, and appointments
(a) [Repealed.] (b) The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations and establish criteria for the certification, selection, and appointment of teachers, supervisors, principals, librarians and other professionals of the Department of Education. Certificates licensing the holders to teach in the public schools of the Virgin Islands shall be issued solely by the Board. Only persons […]
§ 122. Endorsement of teachers’ certificates from other jurisdictions
The Virgin Islands Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Education may endorse state, territorial or foreign teacher certification, and the names of the persons holding such certificates so endorsed, may be placed on the eligible list by the Administrator of the Personnel Merit System, if it shall be satisfactorily shown that the […]
§ 123. Temporary certificates and emergency appointments
Temporary certificates licensing the holders to teach in the public schools of the Virgin Islands may be issued by the Virgin Islands Board of Education to all persons provisionally appointed for such purpose under section 523 of Title 3 subject to the requirements for tenure provided in subsection (j) of section 121 of this chapter. […]
§ 114. Reports furnished by parents or guardians
In lieu of the medical or dental tests, measurements, examinations or treatments provided for in subsection (b) of section 111 of this chapter, the parent or guardian of any school child may furnish the Department of Education with a report of the same made at his own expense by his family physician or dentist, on […]
§ 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 […]