Government

CTE Scholarship Funding in Limbo as Board Slams Lack of Communication from Finance Department

During Wednesday's meeting of the V.I. Board of Career and Technical Education, members learned that despite applications in the pipeline, the timeline for announcing scholarships this year is up in the air due to a lack of funding for the awards. “I've requested for the last two months,” said Anton Döös III, the board's executive director. “Funding has not been released and it really doesn't make much sense to tell a kid you're going to get a scholarship if we do not know if that money ever gets released." Mr. Döös noted that the extended deadline for applications is June 15. Once the application window has closed, the board will review those received and make a decision on who will be granted funding – should CTE ever receive it. “Still no response from [the V.I. Department of] Finance regarding a separate scholarship fund?” asked board chair Joann Murphy. “They're playing games,” she remarked, noting that “they included the scholarship money into our regular funding as opposed to...