COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT 
 
04/11/2023-REPORTED OUT TO THE FLOOR 
03/23/2023-REPORTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
 
BILL NO. 35-0055 
 
Thirty-Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
March 9, 2023 
 
 
 
An Act amending title 17 of the Virgin Islands Code pertaining to school curriculum in 
elementary and secondary schools  
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
Senators Franklin D. Johnson, Alma Francis Heyliger 
and Milton E. Potter 
  
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5, section 41, subsection c is 
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amended as follows: 
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(a) 
Paragraph (1), as amended by Act No. 8684, is stricken and a new paragraph (1) is 
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inserted to read as follows: 
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“(1) The history of the Virgin Islands and basic Caribbean history, such courses 
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to be part of the curriculum in elementary and secondary schools.” 
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(b) 
Paragraph (3) is amended by striking “Family” and inserting “Drug prevention and 
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substance education, family” and after “education” by striking “and substance abuse.” 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill repeals Act No. 8684 and reinstates the provisions of Act No. 4844 with 
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amendments. The proposed legislation still provides for Virgin Islands history and basic 
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Caribbean history to be taught in elementary and secondary schools. 
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BR23-0390/February 16, 2023/AA 
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