2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 17 - Education
Chapter 15 - Scholarships
§ 190aa. Virgin Islands Fish and Game Scholarship

(a) There is hereby established the Virgin Islands Fish and Game Scholarship, which scholarship shall be administered by the Virgin Islands Board of Education for the purpose of providing scholarship grants to students pursuing an undergraduate degree in marine biology, environmental education, biology or related field.

(b) The Board in cooperation with the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, shall adopt rules and regulations governing applications for and granting of the scholarship grants, the purpose of which shall be the establishment of minimum performance standards upon which the scholarship grant shall be initially awarded and thereafter renewed.

(c) Scholarship grants under this section may be of varied character according to the needs of the grantee and his educational program, provided that no grant shall exceed the annual sum of $2,000, and that no grant shall be renewed for more than three additional years. The amount of scholarship renewals to the same individual may be increased or decreased as the Board deems necessary and appropriate.

(d) Scholarship grants shall be granted pursuant to this section to applicants who are residents of the Virgin Islands for at least two years prior to the time of application notwithstanding that they might have been living outside of the Virgin Islands temporarily while pursuing a course of study or while serving in the armed forces of the United States, provided, however, that two of the recipients shall be residents of the District of St. Croix.

(e) A person granted a scholarship under the provisions of this section shall be required as a prior condition to such grant to execute a proper contract to the effect that he will accept employment by the Government of the Virgin Islands, Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife or other division within the department related to the degree obtained for a period of three years.

(f) The sum of $10,000 shall be made available annually from the Fish and Game Fund, established pursuant to Title 12, chapter 1, subchapter VI, section 81a, Virgin Islands Code, for all proper and necessary expenses of the scholarship awarded in accordance with this section.