Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 33 > Chapter 47 - Children At Risk of School Failure

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Apartment: means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use, including commercial uses. See
• At risk: means those children from birth to age 72 months who have a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay, or who have a high probability of experiencing failure in school due to biological, medical, or environmental factors. See
• Building: means a building containing two or more apartments, or two or more buildings containing a total of two or more apartments, and comprising a part of the property. See
• Declaration: means the instrument by which the property is made subject to this chapter, as herein provided, and as the instrument may be amended from time to time. See
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mobile home park: has the meaning given in 10 V. See
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• School failure: means failure to develop essential skills in reading, writing, and mathematics appropriate to age level. See
• Site: means the spatial location occupied or to be occupied by a mobile home, including all utilities and amenities appurtenant to the location such as piping, wiring, plants, platforms or supports, lights, walls, and other improvements but not including the land on which the site is located. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See