Title 17, Education
38 chapters · 384 sections in this title.
17 V.I.C. § 61a School calendar
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(a) The school year must begin not later than the second week in August and end not later than the last Friday in May and must be divided into two semesters, semester one which ends not later than December 23rd and semester two, which ends not later than the last Friday in May. (…
17 V.I.C. § 62 Public school holidays
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(1) Holidays for pupils and teachers in the public schools and for school lunch workers in public, private, or denominational schools who are employed by the Department of Education and who actually work in such schools, shall be as follows:(1) Saturday and all legal holidays.(2)…
17 V.I.C. § 63 Holidays for schools other than public
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The schedule of holidays for schools other than public schools shall be arranged by the authorities in such schools; provided, that there shall be not more than ninety days' vacation in any one school year, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
17 V.I.C. § 64 Religious holidays; pupils absence excused
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(a) The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Education, shall prescribe rules relative to absences of pupils for religious holidays, including but not limited to a list of holidays on which it shall be mandatory to excuse a pupil of the faith for which a particular rel…
17 V.I.C. § 65 Summer school
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(a) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to establish “summer school” at any time after the last day of a school year and before the first day of the succeeding school year. Attendance at summer school shall be voluntary. The Commissioner shall determine the curricula and …
17 V.I.C. § 66 Disaster Response Plan
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(1) The Department of Education must submit a Disaster Response Plan by July 30, 2019, and by March 30th of every subsequent year to the appropriate committee of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. The plan must contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information:(…