§ 71. Authority of the Commissioner of Education
The Commissioner of Education is authorized to establish and supervise an Automobile Driver Education and Training Program in the public high schools of the Virgin Islands and to issue such rules and regulations as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and to implement the provisions of this chapter.
§ 72. Aims and purposes of automobile driver education and training
The aims and purposes of automobile driver education shall be to develop a knowledge of this provision of the Motor Vehicle Code and other laws of the Virgin Islands relating to the operation of motor vehicles, a proper acceptance of personal responsibility in traffic, a true appreciation of the causes, seriousness and consequences of traffic […]
§ 73. Agreements for the purchase or lease of dual control vehicles
The Commissioner of Education is authorized to purchase or lease through the Department of Property and Procurement, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Virgin Islands Code, dual control vehicles and such other equipment as, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Education, is necessary for the development of […]
§ 60c. Site based management
(a) The Commissioner of Education shall develop policies and guidelines for the implementation of site-based management and control of the acquisition process for all public high schools in the Virgin Islands which will allow individual public high schools maximum operational and budgetary flexibility and ability to plan comprehensively. The Commissioner in effectuating the provisions of […]
§ 60d. Small-purchase authority [Renumbered]
(a) Notwithstanding title 31 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 23, the Department of Education may purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, if the cost of the purchase or contract does not exceed $50,000. (b) Each principal of a public school in the Virgin Islands shall, in a manner described in this […]
§ 61a. School calendar
(a) The school year must begin no earlier than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August and end no later than the second Friday in June. (b) The Department of Education, pursuant to title 24 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 14, shall set the school calendar. (c) The school calendar under subsection (b) must […]
§ 62. Public school holidays
Holidays for pupils and teachers in the public schools and for school lunch workers in public, private, or denominational schools who are employed by the Department of Education and who actually work in such schools, shall be as follows: (1) Saturday and all legal holidays. (2) Christmas school holidays as set by the Department of […]
§ 63. Holidays for schools other than public
The schedule of holidays for schools other than public schools shall be arranged by the authorities in such schools; provided, that there shall be not more than ninety days’ vacation in any one school year, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
§ 53. —Availability of funds for purposes of sections 52 and 53
Funds for the purposes of sections 52 and 53 of this title shall be made available by appropriations of the Legislature in the Annual Budget for the Department of Education.
§ 54. Musical bands within high schools—Instructors and equipment
The Department of Education of the Virgin Islands is authorized and directed to establish musical bands within the public high schools in the Virgin Islands, including the employment of necessary or appropriate instructors, instruments, equipment, accessories or other facilities.