Title 17, Education

Commission. (a) The Guam Department of Education Financial Supervisory Commission (EFSC) shall consist of five (5) regular voting members and one (1) alternate member, who shall be allowed to cast a vote only in the event a regular voting member is absent. The EFSC shall be compr…

(a) Online Posting. With the guidance of the Office of Technology, the Guam Department of Education shall create and establish specific webpages on the official website https://gdoe.net or create a separate website dedicated solely to posting and announcing all school inspection …

(a) The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) is hereby authorized to lease properties within its jurisdiction if the school cannot be utilized to alleviate double sessions. The handling of such lease agreements shall be conducted by a procurement team that shall consist of five (5…

(a) The Island-wide Board of Governing Students (the Island-wide Board), which is hereby created, shall consist of a member of the Youth Congress who shall be elected by its members, and two (2) members from each public high school elected by a plurality vote of freshmen, sophomo…

Meetings of the Board shall be open and held at a regular time and place each month. Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson.

The concurrence of five (5) members of the Board shall be necessary for the validity of any of its acts.

(a) The Board is authorized to establish and supervise a program whereby students may be released from their regular school attendance for a period of time no greater than one (1) hour each week during the school year, for the purpose of attending religious instruction outside th…

The Board shall provide for each public school suitable flags of the United States and Guam, both of which shall be hoisted at each school during all-day sessions, weather permitting. The Board shall also provide smaller and suitable United States and Guam flags to be displayed i…

It shall be the duty of the Board to adopt and place into effect for the public schools of Guam, rules and regulations requiring students, at a suitable time during school sessions, to pledge allegiance to the United States flag and to the nation for which it stands. Such pledge …

(a) In accordance with the Child Nutrition and W.I.C. Reauthorization Act of 2004 and guidelines of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, DOE shall establish and implement “The Local Wellness Policy” (Policy) as adopted and approved by the…

The Board shall adopt a policy providing for enrichment and compensatory education programs to be conducted throughout Guam during June, July and August of each year. The policy may prescribe that, upon the recommendation of the appropriate school administrator, a pupil may be re…

The Board is authorized to institute a program within the Department of Education to be entitled, “Volunteers in Education.” The Board shall, by its policies, make needful rules and regulations for the utilization of said volunteers in education within the DOE. The Board is autho…

The Board shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to regulate conduct of fund-raising activities on the part of students, to safeguard the funds raised by such activities, and for the audit of such funds. Said rules and regulations shall include, but need not be limited …

(a) On and after January 1, of every year, the Board and the Director of the Department of Labor shall make available to secondary students continuing employment and career program counseling to furnish COL 2026-04-23 information relating to the employment opportunities available…

The Board shall develop a program of studies that will provide for the development of the unusual and special abilities of gifted students enrolled in the schools of Guam. For the purposes of this Chapter, “gifted students” shall mean students who exhibit leadership ability, arti…

The Board shall cause to be conducted an assessment to identify gifted students within the schools of Guam.

The Board shall cause to be conducted a periodic assessment of the progress of the students in the gifted students program, and the results of said assessment are to be used to determine whether the program should be modified.

The Board shall provide for in-service training for teachers necessary to conduct the program established by § 3212.

Fees. The Department of Education may, subject to the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Revenue and Taxation, garnish the tax refunds due to any former or current employee who has defaulted on the payment of tuition and fees for in-servi…

(a) Beginning with the school year 2004 - 2005, educators employed by the Department of Education shall be paid unused personal leave in a lump sum at the end of each school year. The amount paid shall be determined by the collective bargaining agreement, to include any judiciall…

The Department of Education is hereby authorized to create a “District Action Plan” in support of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The Department of Education’s District Action Plan shall be established by policy of the Guam Education Policy Board. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 26-1…

(a) There is hereby created, within the Department of Education (DOE), a special fund called the “School Lunch/SAE/Child Nutritional Meal Reimbursement Fund”, which shall be subject to legislative appropriation. All monies collected by DOE from the school lunch program, Federal F…

(a) The Department of Education with the cooperation of the Office of Veterans Affairs (Office) shall develop and administer a program to be known as “Onra I Manfåyi.” The purpose of the Program is to award honorary high school diplomas to World War I, World War II, Korean War an…

(a) The Guam Department of Education shall award an honorary high school diploma to any current or former resident of Guam: (1) who did not receive a high school diploma; (2) who resided on Guam during World War II, from December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945; (3) who would have b…

Insofar as the provisions of the Every Child is Entitled to an Adequate Public Education Act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this Act shall be controlling; and in particular but not by way of limitation, except as may be provided in this A…

The provisions contained within Chapter 14 of Title 4 GCA shall apply to any employee of the Department of Education, who by reason of his employment, is considered an accountable officer, and it shall be unlawful for that employee to fraudulently, wastefully or improperly disbur…

(a) The Department of Education (DOE) shall establish a Career Information Delivery System pilot program beginning the School Year 2012-2013 for public middle school students upon enrollment to seventh (7th) or eighth (8th) grade, and to public high school students upon enrollmen…

(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, and in addition to any other requirements established by law and the Guam Education Board, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school/academy charter school diploma from the Guam Department of Education (GDOE) or academy charter hig…

All courses of study shall be taught in the English language, except courses in Chamorro and foreign languages. SOURCE: GC § 11200, as amended by P.L. 14-053 (July 16, 1977). COL 2024-12-05

No instruction shall be given, texts used, nor entertainment permitted in or about the schools, which in any way casts a derogatory reflection upon any person in Guam because of his race, color or creed. SOURCE: GC § 11201.

The Board shall adopt no policy intended to encourage or abridge the freedom of religion guaranteed to the people by the Constitution and the Organic Act. This Section shall not be construed to prohibit the keeping within the public schools of the Bible and other sectarian materi…

In order to ensure that the students of Guam’s public and private schools receive adequate textbooks according to their varying scholastic abilities, the following curriculum and textbook adoption standards are prescribed: (a) The Board adopt policies on the curricular needs of t…

Textbooks and courses of study in the public schools shall conform to such minimum standards when adopted. All textbooks shall be adopted by the Board for a period of not less than three (3) years. After the COL 2024-12-05 first such adoption has been made, no more than one third…

(a) The Board shall provide for the use in public elementary and secondary schools of Guam without charge. (b) The Board shall provide for use of adopted textbooks to students in private elementary and secondary schools in Guam without charge. Textbooks for use shall be requested…

Pursuant to the authority and power established by §§ 3120(a) and 3118 of Chapter 3, the Board shall provide textbooks adopted by the Board in sufficient quantities so as to assure that each student is assigned a textbook for the use of each student in each subject in which the s…

The Board shall establish a school calendar. SOURCE: GC § 11207, as added by P.L. 13-009 (Apr. 14, 1975). Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 23-032:9 (June 28, 1995). 2024 NOTE: Reference to the “District Boards of Education” replaced with “Board” pursuant to P.L. 30-183 (Aug. 25, 20…

The Board shall provide a policy for the part-time limited attendance of non-public school students in public schools for the purpose of exposing said students to specific subjects not generally available in the non-public schools. This Section shall be liberally construed to ach…

(a) [No text] (1) Since it is the responsibility of parents and guardians to provide for and insure the health, education and general well-being of their children, this Section affirms and defines the rights of parents or guardians to decide through their representative, what the…

The Board shall implement an educational program with a curriculum for grades one (1) through twelve (12) that provides for the development of competence and mastery of the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics. The curriculum shall define in specific and measurable te…

This Section shall be known as the “College and Career Readiness (CCaRe) Act.” COL 2024-12-05 The Guam Education Board (Board) shall develop and implement rigorous and relevant curriculum for: (a) Public elementary and middle schools that integrate the Department of Education req…

No high school diploma or certificate of completion shall be issued by a public high school to any student unless he or she shall have satisfactorily completed either of the curricula described in § 4114.1 of this Title. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-132:2 (May 1992). NOTE: Section 3 …

The Board shall develop procedures for systemically evaluating the extent to which all intended outcomes are being achieved. SOURCE: GC § 11221, as added by P.L. 13-101 (Nov. 23, 1975). 2024 NOTE: Reference to the “District Boards of Education” replaced with “Board” pursuant to P…

The Board shall evaluate the efficiency of the instructional program in contributing to the achievement of the basic skills and shall continually revise both outcome statements and instructional procedures on the basis of evaluative data. SOURCE: GC § 11222, as added by P.L. 13-1…

The basic education program shall be implemented in at least one school to be designated by the Board. SOURCE: GC § 11223, as added by P.L. 13-101 (Nov. 23, 1975). 2024 NOTE: Reference to the “District Boards of Education” replaced with “Board” pursuant to P.L. 30-183 (Aug. 25, 2…

It is the policy of Guam that public school students’ access to educational programs should not be restricted by the size or location of the school they attend. Therefore, the Superintendent shall assure that the full approved curriculum is offered at each public school. This ass…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: Added as § 4118 by P.L. 21-114:1 (June 1, 1992). Renumbered by Compiler. Section 2 of P.L. 21-114 placed the effective date for the implementation of the above course as “no later than the school year 1984-1985.” That COL 2024-12-05 same uncodified section als…

(a) The librarians and administrators of the elementary schools shall formulate proposed rules for elementary school libraries, including, but not limited to, fines for lost books, late return of books and other misuses of library resources; management of donations for the purcha…

There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a non-lapsing, revolving fund known as the Public School Library Resources Fund (Fund). The Fund shall not be commingled with the General Fund and shall be kept in a separate bank account and …

(a) It is the policy of this government that Guam’s public schools be the best and safest possible. To that end, each school is encouraged to instill the highest character and academic excellence in each student in the public school system, in close cooperation with the student’s…

Sections 4122 through 4124 of this Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Service-Learning Act of 2005”. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-041:2 (June 3, 2005). COL 2024-12-05