2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 17 - Education
Chapter 21 - Adult Education
§ 245. Coalition for the Advancement of Adult Education
(a) There is hereby created the Virgin Islands Coalition for the Advancement of Adult Education. The Coalition shall consist of the memberships of its two committees, one committee for the District of St. Croix and one committee for the District of St. Thomas/St. John. Each of the committees shall have the Commissioner of Education, or his designee, as a member, a member of the Board of Education for that District, and nine other members, who are residents of their respective committee districts, as follows: the Superintendent of Schools; a member of the Legislature; a current recipient of adult education services; a business person; a representative from the Educational Administrator's Association; a representative from the American Federation of Teachers Union; a representative from the Department of Labor; a representative of community organizations that promote commerce and industry; and an employee of the Virgin Islands Government knowledgeable in vocational training.
(b) Coalition members, except the members of the Legislature, shall be appointed by the Governor for two-year terms and may be reappointed. The legislative members of the Coalition shall be appointed by the President of the Legislature. Each committee shall elect from its membership, a chairman. The committees may meet separately from each other and conduct the work for the Coalition for their respective districts. Each committee shall determine the time, place, and frequency of its meetings; provided, however, not less than once each year the committees shall meet jointly to coordinate and evaluate their work for the Territory as a whole. For the purpose of its joint meetings, the Coalition shall elect a chairman of the joint committees of the Coalition. Funds for the operation of the Coalition shall be appropriated annually.
(c) The Coalition, through its committees shall:
(1) advise the Commissioner of Education on the development of, and policy matters arising in, the administration of the state plan for adult education;
(2) assist in the optimum advancement of students entering adult education programs;
(3) advise the Commissioner of Education with respect to long-range planning and studies to evaluate adult education programs, services, and activities under this chapter; and
(4) be particularly cognizant of literacy needs and placement of adult education graduates in jobs within the community.
(d) Not less than once each year, each Committee shall conduct a public meeting at which the public is given the opportunity to express views concerning adult education.
(e) The Commissioner of Education shall provide the Coalition and its committees with professional, technical, and clerical personnel as may be necessary to enable them to carry out their functions under this section. Such personnel shall be provided from employees of the Department of Education.
