2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 17 - Education
Chapter 44 - The Dropout Prevention Act
§ 822. Definitions
(a) “Community based dropout prevention program” means a program or service provided by a public or private non-profit agency designed to support and supplement the dropout prevention program of the school district.
(b) “Disciplinary program” means a program designed to provide intervention for students who are disruptive in the traditional school environment.
(c) “Dropout retrieval activities” means educational programs and activities that identify and motivate students who have dropped out of school to re-enter school in order to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(d) “Educational alternative program” means an educational program that is designed to offer variations from traditional instructional programs and strategies for the purpose of increasing the likelihood that students who are unmotivated or unsuccessful in traditional programs will remain in school and obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(e) “Retention activities” means educational programs and activities that identify students who are potential dropout candidates, remove those students from the traditional educational environment, motivate them and provide for their return to the educational mainstream and obtain high school diplomas.
(f) “Substance abuse program” means an agency-based or school-based educational program designed to meet the needs of students with drug or alcohol-related substance abuse problems.
(g) “Teenage parent program” means an educational program designed to provide specialized curriculum and other services to meet the needs of both pregnant students and students who are already parents.
(h) “Youth services program” means an educational program provided to students who participate in youth residential or day services programs conducted by the Department of Human Services or another agency.
