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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 17 - Education » Chapter 8 - Automobile Driver Education and Training

§ 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 […]

§ 74. Liability insurance

The Commissioner of Education is authorized to contract, through the Department of Property and Procurement, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of Title 31 of the Virgin Islands Code, for insurance coverage on all vehicles to be used in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Program. This coverage shall be for the protection […]

§ 75. Fees

The Commissioner shall charge a fee of $50.00 per student enrolled in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Program. However, the fee shall be $100.00 if the student is an Adult Education student. The monies derived from such fees shall be deposited in the Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund of the Treasury of the […]

§ 76. Drunk Driving Education Program

The Commissioner of Education is authorized and directed to establish an education program in the schools to educate children on the danger of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The program should be developed to reach all grade levels and to involve parents in the program. In the establishment of such a program, […]

§ 77. Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund

(a) There is hereby created in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a separate and distinct fund to be designated as the Automobile Driver Education and Training Fund (hereinafter referred to in this section as the “Fund”). The Commissioner of Finance is authorized and directed to provide for the administration of the Fund, and no […]