Title 17 — Education
38 chapters · 393 sections in this title.
17 V.I.C. § 261 Acceptance of Federal benefits
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The Government of the Virgin Islands accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved March 18, 1950, entitled “An Act to Extend the Benefits of the Vocational Education Act of 1946 to the Virgin Islands,” and the Act of Congress, approved August 1, 1946, entitled “An Act …
17 V.I.C. § 262 Powers and duties of Board
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(a) The Virgin Islands Board for Career and Technical Education shall be the sole agency for the administration of the career and technical programs in the Virgin Islands under this subchapter and the Acts of Congress referred to in section 261 of this title, and shall—(1) cooper…
17 V.I.C. § 263 Career-Technical Education Training Fund
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(a) There is hereby created and established as a separate and distinct fund within the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be designated and known as the “Vocational-Technical Education Training Fund”. No funds shall be available for expenditure from the Vocational-T…
17 V.I.C. § 264 Authority to administer manpower development and training programs
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In order to continue to participate in programs under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (42 U.S.C. 2571–2620), the Department of Education and Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency are each authorized to administer manpower development and training programs an…
17 V.I.C. § 271 Virgin Islands Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education
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(a) There is established a Virgin Islands Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Council”, which shall be established as an independent agency of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands. (b) The Council shal…
17 V.I.C. § 272 Duties and responsibilities
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(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Council shall include but not necessarily be limited to:(1) advising the Board of Vocational Education in the development of the five-year State Plan for Vocational-Technical Education and in the development of the Annual Program Plan an…
17 V.I.C. § 273 Miscellaneous
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Funds necessary to accomplish the mandates of the Federal Act shall be provided from Federal and/or territorial sources through appropriation. Members, employees and other authorized persons shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred whil…