Title 17 — Education
38 chapters · 393 sections in this title.
17 V.I.C. § 761 Legislative findings; intent
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(1) The Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands hereby finds that school violence is a problem in the territory's schools. The Legislature also finds that there needs to be a reshaping of the approach to combating school violence. The Legislature further finds that the im…
17 V.I.C. § 762 Definitions
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(1) “Conflict resolution” means the process of transforming individuals involved in interpersonal or inter-group confrontations from being adversaries to being partners in a side-by-side search for a fair agreement that is advantageous to both. (2) “Consensus decision making” mea…
17 V.I.C. § 763 Approach utilized
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The conflict resolution education approach that shall be utilized in schools throughout the Virgin Islands is the “Peaceable School” approach. The peaceable school approach is a comprehensive whole-school methodology that utilizes conflict resolution as a system of operation for …
17 V.I.C. § 764 Conceptual framework
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(1) The peaceable school approach integrates conflict resolution into the operation of the school. Every member of the school community learns and uses conflict resolution concepts and skills. Peaceable school climates reflect caring, honesty, cooperation, and appreciation for di…
17 V.I.C. § 765 Tasks required
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(1) The tasks required for the establishment of peaceable schools throughout the Virgin Islands shall include but not be limited to:(1) instituting conflict resolution training for adults;(2) designing behavior expectations and management systems in concert with conflict resoluti…
17 V.I.C. § 766 Fundamental skills
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(1) Building a peaceable climate: The skills necessary for the effective development of a conflict resolution education program utilizing the peaceable school approach shall include but shall not be limited to the following:(1) Building a peaceable climate: Responsibility and coo…
17 V.I.C. § 767 Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution as model
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(a) The fundamental skill areas are parts of the curriculum of the Creating a Peaceable School model of the Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution (“IIDR”). It is the intent of this chapter to have the IIDR model adopted throughout the territory's schools to the extent applica…
17 V.I.C. § 768 Effective date
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The Conflict Resolution Education program shall be implemented by all schools in the Virgin Islands by no later than January 31, 1999.