The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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DIVISION OF RACIAL JUSTICE STATISTICS
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 5011)
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§ 5011. Division of Racial Justice Statistics; creation; purpose
(a) Creation. There is created within the Office of Racial Equity the Division of Racial Justice
Statistics to collect and analyze data related to systemic racial bias and disparities
within the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
(b) Purpose. The mission of the Division is to collect and analyze data relating to racial disparities
with the intent to center racial equity throughout these efforts. The purpose of the
Division is to create, promote, and advance a system and structure that provides access
to appropriate data and information, ensuring that privacy interests are protected
and principles of transparency and accountability are clearly expressed. The data
are to be used to inform policy decisions that work toward the amelioration of racial
disparities across various systems of State government. (Added 2021, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)