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VT LEG #371318 v.1 Sec. 19. 33 V.S.A. § 4605 is added to read: § 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;