Committee on Education and Workforce Development

The Committee on Education and Workforce Development will receive testimony on the following bill.

BLOCK I:                                                                                                             3:00 PM -4:30 PM

Bill 34-0147           An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code title 10, chapter 1, sections 2 and 3 relating to discrimination on account of race to include discrimination on the basis of hair texture and title 17, chapter 3 relating to education to enact “The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “The Virgin Islands Crown Act of 2021”

 Invited Testifiers:

Denise Benjamin, Owner, Miss Naturalista

Adjoa B. AsaMoah, Founder & CEO ABA Consulting Leader of the CROWN Coalition

Mrs. Aminah Saleem

Mr. Shomari Moorehead

Mrs. Kimberley Moorehead

 BLOCK II:                                                                                                                       5:30 PM

 The committee will receive testimony from the Virgin Islands Department of Education and the Virgin Islands Board of Education on the plans for the 2022 school reopening.

Invited Testifiers:

Honorable Racquel Berry Benjamin, Commissioner Virgin Islands Department of Education

Mr. Kyza Callwood, Chairman, Virgin Islands Board of Education