Title 4 — Executive

There is established within the Executive branch of the government a Department of Human Resources. History: 1998, PL 25-40.

The head of the department is a Director who shall be responsible for the development and management of the human resources of the government. He shall be thoroughly familiar with the principles and practices of public personnel administration on a merit basis. History: 1998, PL …

(a) There is established in the employee development and training division of the Department of Human Resources a school-to-work program for the Territory. The school-to-work program is charged with the responsibility of developing and implementing a transition program for public…

(a) A program manager shall be recruited and hired pursuant to government procedure to manage the school-to-work program for the Territory. It is the primary duty of the program manager to facilitate the implementation and operation of the school-to-work program pursuant to polic…

There is created the American Samoa school-to-work partnership council. The council shall formulate policies to guide the development of the territorial school-to-work implementation plans and to monitor activities of the school-to-work program. Issues of considerable consequence…

(a) The school-to-work partnership council consists of thirteen members who are appointed by the Governor to serve terms of three years each. To maintain perspective of the council’s mission, selection to the council membership should include individuals familiar with education t…

(1) Education reform. The school-to-work program shall assist the department of education to carry out periodic assessments of the status of our education system, reviewing the core academic and vocational curriculum across grades K-14 but especially at high schools and community…