§ 783. Implementation
(a) Each school district shall make suitable provisions for instruction in bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training in all grades and include such instruction in the courses of study regularly taught therein. (b) The Department of Education shall incorporate the bullying prevention and gang resistance education and training with Conflict Resolution Education set […]
§ 784. Effective date
Beginning 180 days after the effective date of this chapter, each school district shall create and maintain a policy on bullying, which must be filed with the Board. Each school district must communicate its policy on bullying to its students and their parents or guardians on an annual basis. The policy must be updated every […]
§ 765. Tasks required
The tasks required for the establishment of peaceable schools throughout the Virgin Islands shall include but not be limited to: (1) instituting conflict resolution training for adults; (2) designing behavior expectations and management systems in concert with conflict resolution theory; (3) building cooperation by incorporating cooperative learning and interaction activities into the classroom; (4) developing […]
§ 766. Fundamental skills
The skills necessary for the effective development of a conflict resolution education program utilizing the peaceable school approach shall include but shall not be limited to the following: (1) Building a peaceable climate: Responsibility and cooperation are the foundation for all other skills in the peaceable school. To manage student behavior without coercion, adults must […]
§ 767. Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution as model
(a) The fundamental skill areas are parts of the curriculum of the Creating a Peaceable School model of the Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution (“IIDR”). It is the intent of this chapter to have the IIDR model adopted throughout the territory’s schools to the extent applicable and appropriate. Each school in the Virgin Islands shall […]
§ 768. Effective date
The Conflict Resolution Education program shall be implemented by all schools in the Virgin Islands by no later than January 31, 1999.
§ 764. Conceptual framework
The peaceable school approach integrates conflict resolution into the operation of the school. Every member of the school community learns and uses conflict resolution concepts and skills. Peaceable school climates reflect caring, honesty, cooperation, and appreciation for diversity. Peaceable schools incorporate: (1) cooperative learning environments; (2) direct instruction and practice of conflict resolution skills and […]
§ 752. Participation by career representatives
The Commissioner of Education shall each year invite participation in Career Day by representatives of the various professions and occupations and shall provide for booths, tables or rooms in the public high schools in which such career representatives shall be available to answer questions, distribute literature and otherwise furnish information regarding all aspects of the […]
§ 753. Adoption of rules
The Commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations pertaining to excusing students from classes in order to attend career day activities. If May first of a given year falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the Commissioner shall designate the day upon which Career Day shall be held and observed. The Commissioner may adopt such […]
§ 761. Legislative findings; intent
The Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands hereby finds that school violence is a problem in the territory’s schools. The Legislature also finds that there needs to be a reshaping of the approach to combating school violence. The Legislature further finds that the imposition of penalties alone is an insufficient and ultimately unworkable device […]