It is the policy of this Territory to provide, as an integral part of the free public education, special education sufficient to meet the needs and maximize the capabilities of children with disabilities. The timely implementation of this policy to the end that all children with disabilities actually receive the special education necessary to their […]
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms “Intellectually Disabled” or “Intellectual Disability” shall have the same meaning as the terms “Mentally Retarded” or “Mental Retardation” as found in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(a) (1) “Child with a disability” means a child evaluated in accordance with § 287 of this chapter and 34 CFR §§ 300.304 through 300.311 as having [an] intellectual disability, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance, referred to in this chapter as […]
(a) All children with disabilities residing in the Virgin Islands shall have a right to a free and appropriate public education which shall include a continuum of placements ranging from full inclusion, partial inclusion, itinerant teaching, resource room, related services, separate classes, separate schools, homebound instruction and instruction in a hospital or other institutional setting. […]
(a) Physical aspects and specifications of schools, classrooms, and other facilities for, or likely to be used by children with disabilities, shall be related to their special physical, educational, and psychological needs. All publicly supported educational facilities which are expressly intended for or are likely to be used by children with disabilities, shall be planned, […]
(a) The Department of Education shall provide or cause to be provided all regular and special education and related services required by children with disabilities to the end that they shall receive the benefits of a free appropriate public education appropriate to their needs. (b) The Department of Education is authorized and directed to secure […]
(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. […]
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 […]
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the Department of Education from making arrangements with, and/or payments to, public and private schools, institutions and agencies, for services to children with disabilities where it is unable to provide satisfactory service with its own facilities and personnel, and the facilities and personnel of schools […]
(a) The Department of Education shall establish and maintain procedures to assure that children with disabilities and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural safeguards with respect to the provision of a free appropriate public education which shall include but shall not be limited to: (1) an opportunity for the parents or guardians to examine […]
(a) A child, or the child’s parent or guardian, may obtain administrative and judicial review of any action or omission covered by this chapter on the grounds that the child has been or is about to be: (1) denied entry or continuance in a program of special education appropriate to the child’s disability and needs; […]
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 […]
(a) The Department of Education shall from time to time amend and revise, rules and regulations for the implementation of this chapter. (b) General notice of any proposed rules and regulations shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the Territory and shall include: (1) a statement of the time, place […]
It is the purpose of this section to promote the efficient and expert implementation of special education programs and related services in the Territory. The Department of Education may establish and operate or cooperate with other agencies of the Virgin Islands Government in establishing and operating programs providing special education and related services for children […]
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 […]
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.
