Agriculture in the Classroom Fund

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  • (a) There is created and established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be designated the “Agriculture in the Classroom Fund”.

  • (b) The Commissioner of Finance is directed to maintain and provide for the administration of the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury, and no funds therein shall be available for expenditure except as provided in this section.

  • (c) The Agriculture in the Classroom Fund shall be comprised of:

    • (1) Grants and monetary gifts from the local industry, businesses, farmers and supporters and other agricultural partners; and

  • (d) All monies pertaining to the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund shall be disbursed by the Commissioner of Finance, exclusively for expenditures by the Department of Education as follows:

    • (1) Eighty percent (80%) of the funds appropriated, gifted, donated or appropriated to the Agriculture in the Classroom curriculum mandated by Title 17 Virgin Islands Code shall be distributed equally between the school districts; and

    • (2) Twenty percent (20%) to be used for administrative costs of the Agriculture in the Classroom Leadership Council pursuant to Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 2.


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