Title 17 — Education
38 chapters · 393 sections in this title.
17 V.I.C. § 1001 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as “The National Guard Youth Challenge Program Act”.
17 V.I.C. § 1002 Implementation and administration; rules and regulations; written guidelines
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(a) The Virgin Islands National Guard shall implement and administer the Youth Challenge Program, whose goal is to improve the life skills and employment potential of participants by providing military-based training and supervised work experience, in addition to the core program…
17 V.I.C. § 1003 Participation
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Participation in the Youth Challenge Program is on a voluntary basis. No person may be sentenced by any court to participate in the program; however, a youth court Judge may recommend the program to a child when, under the court's determination, such a program would be sufficient…
17 V.I.C. § 1004 High school diploma and certificate of attendance
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(a) The Virgin Islands National Guard under the auspices of the Challenge Academy, may award an adult high school diploma to each participant who meets the requirements for a general equivalency diploma (GED) under the policies and guidelines of the GED Testing Services of the Am…
17 V.I.C. § 1005 Funding
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The Virgin Islands National Guard may accept any available funds that may be used to defray the expenses of the Program, including, but not limited to, federal funding, public or private funds and any funds that may be appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
17 V.I.C. § 1006 Annual report
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The Virgin Islands National Guard shall make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the Youth Challenge Program including, but not limited to, the number of applicants to the program by district, race and sex, the number of applicants accepted, the number of appl…