Title 17, Education

(a) Students entitled to scholarships pursuant to § 28806 of FOR HIGHER EDUCATION this Article shall receive the following benefit: a scholarship in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), issued in two (2) equal installments of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2500) eac…

(a) Any student who receives a scholarship pursuant to the provisions of this Article, shall be obligated to work on Guam for a period of one year (equivalent to twelve (12) months), commencing six (6) months from the completion of their degree program or six (6) months immediate…

A report shall be submitted to the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan no later than three (3) weeks after the start of the fall semester for which any scholarships have been awarded. The report shall contain the following information: the total number of recipients by academic year…

The Program may make every effort to award up to five hundred (500) scholarships annually contingent on the availability of funding sources cited in this Section. Scholarship funds shall be payable exclusively to UOG for tuition or books or as reimbursement to scholarship recipie…

The University of Guam (University or UOG) is authorized to establish a body corporate, the Research Corporation of the University of Guam (RCUOG or Corporation). The Corporation shall be a public corporation incorporated on Guam, and shall operate as an integral part of the Univ…

The purposes of the Corporation shall include, but not be limited to, the promotion of assigned educational, scientific, and literary pursuits of the University of Guam’s grants and contracts by: (a) encouraging, initiating, aiding, developing, and conducting training, research, …

The affairs of the Corporation shall be under the general management and control of the RCUOG Board of Directors. (a) Composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of up to ten (10) members, as follows: Ex-officio Chief Executive Officer – University…

(a) RCUOG will follow all the requirements applicable to each major grant program and maintain internal control over compliance in accordance with OMB Circulars A-133 and A-21, and appropriate Federal Acquisition Requirements. (b) (1) RCUOG employees shall be governed by the RCUO…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, the RCUOG is authorized to conduct the following activities: (a) to create, adopt, amend, and repeal by-laws governing the conduct of its business and the exercise of the powers and performance of duties granted to …

RCUOG shall adopt a procurement policy approved by the RCUOG Board that is aligned with sound business practices and consistent with federal program rules and regulations as applicable to grants and contracts, such as, but not limited to, OMB Circular A-21.

(a) The Corporation shall submit an annual report to the University of Guam Board of Regents, I Maga’låhen Guåhan (the Governor of Guam), and I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature). (b) The report shall include, but not be limited to, the Corporation’s audited financial sta…

COL292017 In the event of the dissolution of the Corporation, all of its property, real, personal, and mixed, and wheresoever situated, shall vest immediately and absolutely in the University of Guam.

The Corporation shall be authorized to set up a special account for depositing moneys received from either public or private contracts, or from private or public grants, awards, or gifts. All disbursements shall be drawn on the special account upon checks prepared and signed, as …

Unless otherwise specifically stated in law, RCUOG is excepted from the following Guam laws: (a) Title 5 GCA - Government Operations: Chapter 22 - General Fiscal Policies and Controls, relating to the management and regulation of expenditures with the use of public funds; (b) Tit…

If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisi…

This Chapter may be cited as the Community College Act of 1977. SOURCE: § 11960 GC, as added by P.L. 14-77.

As used in this Division unless otherwise indicated: (a) President means the administrative head of the Guam Community College. (b) Guam Community College means both secondary and post- secondary career and technical education. (c) Board means the Board of Trustees of the Guam Co…

This Division shall be construed in accordance with the following statement of legislative intent. It is the legislative intent in enacting this Division to: (a) consolidate and strengthen many of the existing manpower training programs administered by the government of Guam unde…

(a) All powers vested in the Guam Community College, except as provided herein shall be exercised by the Guam Community College Board of Trustees. The Board shall consist of seven (7) trustees, six (6) of whom shall be nominated and appointed by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan wit…

The Board shall establish Advisory Committees for each of the different career programs or levels of instruction and appoint committee members from among people in the community who can best advise the Board in their area of expertise or on matters pertaining to the Board’s respo…

The voting members of the Board shall be compensated not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50) per regularly called meeting at which a quorum is present and the voting member is in attendance or One Hundred Dollars ($100) per month as determined by the Board and all members shall be reim…

The Board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and Guam (a) for its own government, (b) for the government of the College and (c) for the purpose of carrying out all other duties and powers herein conferred. SOURCE: GC §…

All rules and regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to this Division shall be made available to the public. COL 2026-04-23 SOURCE: GC § 11967.

Rules and regulations governing selection, compensation, promotion, performance evaluation and disciplinary action and other terms and conditions of employment affecting academic personnel shall be adopted by the board in accordance with 4 GCA § 4104 and § 4105. Such rules and re…

The purposes of the College shall be: (a) to establish career and technical education, and other related occupational training and education courses of instruction aimed at developing educated and skilled workers for Guam; (b) to coordinate with the Guam Education Board the devel…

The Board shall have the following duties: (a) to evaluate existing and potential job skills needed in Guam, including business, industry, territorial and federal governments; (b) to coordinate and recommend improvements in career and technical educational programs in order to ma…

The Guam Community College and Board shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and perform the purposes and provisions of this Division except the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments including the following in addition to other powers gran…

(a) The Board shall appoint the President of the College who shall be its chief executive officer. The President of the college shall serve as the executive officer of the Board and shall have full charge and control not in conflict with the policy making authority of the Board o…

(a) The Guam Community College is the designated custodian of all funds received by the government of Guam from the federal government for programs administered by the Guam Community College, except for funds awarded to the Guam Community College received via sub-grants within Ti…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 5162 and 5163 of the Government Code (as enacted in P.L. 15- 048:V:6), the Guam Community College is authorized to use all revenues, to include tuition payments and fees, derived from its own sources, upon resolution of the Board of Trustees, …

(a) With the exception of academic personnel and unclassified employees under § 4102 and Chapter 2 of Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, all other employees of the College shall be classified employees. The employment of classified employees shall be governed by Title 4, Guam Code Ann…

(a) Persons who are occupying the positions of Provost and Deputy Provost at the time of enactment of this Act shall occupy the positions of President and Vice President, respectively, which are created pursuant to Section 1, Section 3 and Section 4 of P.L. 18-012. (b) The Presid…

Initially, there shall be three (3) instructional divisions within the College. The Board may from time to time add, abolish or merge the divisions within the College as it shall see fit. The initial three (3) division shall be: (a) The Secondary Division; (b) The Post-Secondary …

(a) The Board shall establish a schedule of tuition and fees for courses offered by the post-secondary and continuing education division and apprenticeship training division. The schedule of fees and tuition shall be applicable to all persons who enroll in the College whether or …

The Board of Trustees is authorized to determine the College’s organizational structure and the composition of divisions of programs as it deems appropriate to achieve its mission as outlined within Division 4 of Title 17 of the Guam Code Annotated. SOURCE: GC § 11978, as amended…

The Board of Trustees shall offer career and technical education programs through post-secondary programs and continuing education courses. The programs may be either credit or non-credit, and may be degree or non-degree programs. SOURCE: GC § 11979, as amended by P.L. 14-77. Ame…

The Board of Trustees shall consider problems of developing local skills in the various crafts and trades and developing a program of apprenticeship training and apprenticeship standards in accordance with standards established by and acceptable for registration with the Bureau o…

The College is authorized to enter into contracts with public or private organizations, firms, companies or individuals to provide technical manpower training and testing programs. Such contracts shall be utilized to provide for specialized training and testing in particular fiel…

Unauthorized Training Liability. There is within the Guam Community College a training academy herein referred to as the Guam Community College Training Programs, which shall provide support for: (a) Local public safety training of all government of Guam personnel defined as peac…

Pursuant to 17 GCA Chapter 32 Article 2 § 32301.1 establishing the POST Cadre of Trainers, the Guam Community College shall enter into agreements with the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission towards assigning trainers for POST certified training. SOURCE: Added by P.L.…

(a) All positions and the employees occupying said positions on the effective date hereof in the Department of Education, the University of Guam, the Department of Labor and the Guam Vocational-Technical High School who are exclusively employed in the operation or administration …

All appropriations, federal funds, grants and other monies exclusively pertaining to or issued in connection with the programs except those relating to the Police Academy and the Corrections Academy identified in Section 5 of this Act in the Department of Education, University of…

All personalty, facilities, equipment, supplies, records, files, books and other papers exclusively pertaining to the operation of the programs except those relating to the Police Academy and the Corrections Academy identified in Section 5 of this Act in the Department of Educati…

Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the Board shall submit its annual operating budget and such capital improvement budgets as it finds necessary directly to I Liheslaturan Guåhan no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of February of every year. SOU…

Except as expressly provided for herein and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the College shall be autonomous and self-sufficient in matters pertaining to its governance, organization and administration and the promulgation of its rules and regulations, in accordance…