Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 4605

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts

§ 4605. Technical assistance; accountability

In order to ensure the successful implementation of expanded child care, prekindergarten, and afterschool and summer care, Building Bright Futures shall be responsible for monitoring accountability, supporting stakeholders in collectively defining and measuring success, maximizing stakeholder engagement, and providing technical assistance to build capacity for the Department for Children and Families’ Child Development Division and the Agency of Education. Specifically, Building Bright Futures shall:

(1) ensure accountability through monitoring transitions over time and submitting a report with the results of this work on January 15 of each year to the House Committee on Human Services and to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare; and

(2) define and measure success of expanded child care, prekindergarten, and afterschool and summer care related to process, implementation, and outcomes using a continuous quality improvement framework and engage public, private, legislative, and family partners to develop benchmarks pertaining to:

(A) equitable access to high-quality child care;

(B) equitable access to high-quality prekindergarten;

(C) equitable access to high-quality afterschool and summer care;

(D) stability of the early child care education workforce;

(E) workforce capacity and needs of the child care, prekindergarten, afterschool and summer care systems; and

(F) the impact of expanded child care, prekindergarten, and afterschool and summer care on a mixed-delivery system. (Added 2023, No. 76, § 19, eff. July 1, 2023.)