P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 144c
The study programs of the school shall adjust to the needs and experiences of its students. The directors, teachers, and school boards shall ensure that the courses imparted by the School:
(a) Are pertinent to the social, cultural and geographical needs of its students.
(b) Stimulate the imagination and awaken the curiosity of the students.
(c) Provide the opportunity for students to develop the capacity to observe and reason.
(d) Train students in the search for information through traditional and electronic media. To such effects, students shall be provided with learning activities related to technological literacy, which shall be integrated to the educational curriculum of the public education system.
(e) Promote a healthy physical development through requirement of participation in physical education courses.
(f) Allow students to broaden their vocabulary and develop oral and written communication skills in Spanish as well as in English.
(g) Provide information and orientation to the students on the sexual development of human beings; family relations; problems of adolescence; personal finances; and on any other topics that the school or the Secretary deem are pertinent.
(h) Develop the student’s learning skills.
[(i) Added by Act No. 159-2012. See editor's note below.]
(j) Include universal values such as trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship, without interfering with the objectives of the school, in order to achieve an integrated education, developing positive attributes in character and emotional and social skills fundamental to daily life.
History —July 15, 1999, No. 149, § 3.03; Aug. 10, 2000, No. 146, § 3; Feb. 24, 2011, No. 21, § 1; Aug. 7, 2012, No. 160, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 2012.