Article 60a.--INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
72-60a01.Text of agreement.The interstate agreement on qualification of educationalpersonnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with alljurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
Article I.--Purpose, Findings, and Policy.
1. The states party to this agreement, desiring by common action toimprove their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or otherprofessional educational person wherever educated, declare that it is thepolicy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation with one another, totake advantage of the preparation and experience of such persons wherevergained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education, and ofthe teaching profession. It is the purpose of this agreement to providefor the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as willfacilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educationalpersonnel among the states party to it, and to authorize specificinterstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
2. The party states find that included in the large movement ofpopulation among all sections of the nation are many qualified educationalpersonnel who move for family and other personal reasons but who arehindered in using their professional skill and experience in their newlocations. Variations from state to state in requirements for qualifyingeducational personnel discourage such personnel from taking the stepsnecessary to qualify in other states. As a consequence, a significantnumber of professionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to ourschool systems. Facilitating the employment of qualified educationalpersonnel, without reference to their states of origin, can increase theavailable educational resources. Participation in this compact canincrease the availability of educational manpower.
Article II.--Definitions.
As used in this agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless thecontext clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Educational personnel" means persons who must meet requirementspursuant to state law as a condition of employment in educational programs.
2. "Designated state official" means the education official of a stateselected by that state to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of thatstate, contracts pursuant to this agreement.
3. "Accept," or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effectto one or more determinations of another state relating to thequalification of educational personnel in lieu of making or requiring alike determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to thelaws of a receiving state.
4. "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States;the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
5. "Originating state" means a state (and the subdivision thereof, ifany) whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualifiedto be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordancewith the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.
6. "Receiving state" means a state (and the subdivisions thereof) whichaccept educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contractmade pursuant to Article III.
1. The designated state official of a party state may make one or morecontracts on behalf of that state with one or more other party statesproviding for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contractfor the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on thestates whose designated state officials enter into it, and the subdivisionsof those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in thisagreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuantto this article only with states in which the state official finds thatthere are programs of education, certification standards or otheracceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification ofeducational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though notidentical to that prevailing in that state official's own state.
2. Any such contract shall provide for:
(a) Its duration.
(b) The criteria to be applied by an originating state in qualifyingeducational personnel for acceptance by a receiving state.
(c) Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shallaid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basiceducational standards.
(d) Any other necessary matters.
3. No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a termlonger than five years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.
4. Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on thebasis of their having completed an educational program shall specify theearliest date or dates on which originating state approval of the programor programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to thisagreement shall require acceptance by a receiving state of any personsqualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954.
5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has beenaccepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked orotherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifying document may be revoked orsuspended on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation orsuspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially grantedor approved in the receiving state.
6. A contract committee composed of the designated state officials ofthe contracting states or their representatives shall keep the contractunder continuous review, study means of improving its administration, andreport no less frequently than once a year to the heads of the appropriateeducation agencies of the contracting states.
Article IV.--Approved and Accepted Programs.
1. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to repeal or otherwisemodify any law or regulation of a party state relating to the approval ofprograms of educational preparation having effect solely on thequalification of educational personnel within that state.
2. To the extent that contracts made pursuant to this agreement dealwith the educational requirements for the proper qualification ofeducational personnel, acceptance of a program of educational preparationshall be in accordance with such procedures and requirements as may beprovided in the applicable contract.
Article V.--Interstate Cooperation.
The party states agree that:
1. They will, so far as practicable, prefer the making of multilateralcontracts pursuant to Article III of this agreement.
2. They will facilitate and strengthen cooperation in interstatecertification and other elements of educational personnel qualificationand for this purpose shall cooperate with agencies, organizations, andassociations interested in certification and other elements of educationalpersonnel qualification.
Article VI.--Agreement Evaluation.
The designated state officials of any party states may meet from time totime as a group to evaluate progress under the agreement, and to formulaterecommendations for change.
Article VII.--Other Arrangements.
Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit otherarrangements or practices of any party state or states to facilitate the interchangeof educational personnel.
Article VIII.--Effect and Withdrawal.
1. This agreement shall become effective when enacted into law by twostates. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any state upon itsenactment of this agreement.
2. Any party state may withdraw from this agreement by enacting astatute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect untilone year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice inwriting of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states.
3. No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing state of any obligationimposed upon it by a contract to which it is a party. The duration ofcontracts and the methods and conditions of withdrawal therefrom shall bethose specified in their terms.
Article IX.--Construction and Severability.
This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate thepurposes thereof. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable andif any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement if declaredto be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, orthe application thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceis held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this agreement and theapplicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceshall not be affected thereby. If this agreement shall be held contrary tothe constitution of any state participating therein, the agreement shallremain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Article 60a.--INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
72-60a01.Text of agreement.The interstate agreement on qualification of educationalpersonnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with alljurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
Article I.--Purpose, Findings, and Policy.
1. The states party to this agreement, desiring by common action toimprove their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or otherprofessional educational person wherever educated, declare that it is thepolicy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation with one another, totake advantage of the preparation and experience of such persons wherevergained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education, and ofthe teaching profession. It is the purpose of this agreement to providefor the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as willfacilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educationalpersonnel among the states party to it, and to authorize specificinterstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
2. The party states find that included in the large movement ofpopulation among all sections of the nation are many qualified educationalpersonnel who move for family and other personal reasons but who arehindered in using their professional skill and experience in their newlocations. Variations from state to state in requirements for qualifyingeducational personnel discourage such personnel from taking the stepsnecessary to qualify in other states. As a consequence, a significantnumber of professionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to ourschool systems. Facilitating the employment of qualified educationalpersonnel, without reference to their states of origin, can increase theavailable educational resources. Participation in this compact canincrease the availability of educational manpower.
Article II.--Definitions.
As used in this agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless thecontext clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Educational personnel" means persons who must meet requirementspursuant to state law as a condition of employment in educational programs.
2. "Designated state official" means the education official of a stateselected by that state to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of thatstate, contracts pursuant to this agreement.
3. "Accept," or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effectto one or more determinations of another state relating to thequalification of educational personnel in lieu of making or requiring alike determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to thelaws of a receiving state.
4. "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States;the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
5. "Originating state" means a state (and the subdivision thereof, ifany) whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualifiedto be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordancewith the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.
6. "Receiving state" means a state (and the subdivisions thereof) whichaccept educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contractmade pursuant to Article III.
1. The designated state official of a party state may make one or morecontracts on behalf of that state with one or more other party statesproviding for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contractfor the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on thestates whose designated state officials enter into it, and the subdivisionsof those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in thisagreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuantto this article only with states in which the state official finds thatthere are programs of education, certification standards or otheracceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification ofeducational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though notidentical to that prevailing in that state official's own state.
2. Any such contract shall provide for:
(a) Its duration.
(b) The criteria to be applied by an originating state in qualifyingeducational personnel for acceptance by a receiving state.
(c) Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shallaid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basiceducational standards.
(d) Any other necessary matters.
3. No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a termlonger than five years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.
4. Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on thebasis of their having completed an educational program shall specify theearliest date or dates on which originating state approval of the programor programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to thisagreement shall require acceptance by a receiving state of any personsqualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954.
5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has beenaccepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked orotherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifying document may be revoked orsuspended on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation orsuspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially grantedor approved in the receiving state.
6. A contract committee composed of the designated state officials ofthe contracting states or their representatives shall keep the contractunder continuous review, study means of improving its administration, andreport no less frequently than once a year to the heads of the appropriateeducation agencies of the contracting states.
Article IV.--Approved and Accepted Programs.
1. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to repeal or otherwisemodify any law or regulation of a party state relating to the approval ofprograms of educational preparation having effect solely on thequalification of educational personnel within that state.
2. To the extent that contracts made pursuant to this agreement dealwith the educational requirements for the proper qualification ofeducational personnel, acceptance of a program of educational preparationshall be in accordance with such procedures and requirements as may beprovided in the applicable contract.
Article V.--Interstate Cooperation.
The party states agree that:
1. They will, so far as practicable, prefer the making of multilateralcontracts pursuant to Article III of this agreement.
2. They will facilitate and strengthen cooperation in interstatecertification and other elements of educational personnel qualificationand for this purpose shall cooperate with agencies, organizations, andassociations interested in certification and other elements of educationalpersonnel qualification.
Article VI.--Agreement Evaluation.
The designated state officials of any party states may meet from time totime as a group to evaluate progress under the agreement, and to formulaterecommendations for change.
Article VII.--Other Arrangements.
Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit otherarrangements or practices of any party state or states to facilitate the interchangeof educational personnel.
Article VIII.--Effect and Withdrawal.
1. This agreement shall become effective when enacted into law by twostates. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any state upon itsenactment of this agreement.
2. Any party state may withdraw from this agreement by enacting astatute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect untilone year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice inwriting of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states.
3. No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing state of any obligationimposed upon it by a contract to which it is a party. The duration ofcontracts and the methods and conditions of withdrawal therefrom shall bethose specified in their terms.
Article IX.--Construction and Severability.
This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate thepurposes thereof. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable andif any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement if declaredto be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, orthe application thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceis held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this agreement and theapplicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceshall not be affected thereby. If this agreement shall be held contrary tothe constitution of any state participating therein, the agreement shallremain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Article 60a.--INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
72-60a01.Text of agreement.The interstate agreement on qualification of educationalpersonnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with alljurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE AGREEMENT ON QUALIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
Article I.--Purpose, Findings, and Policy.
1. The states party to this agreement, desiring by common action toimprove their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or otherprofessional educational person wherever educated, declare that it is thepolicy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation with one another, totake advantage of the preparation and experience of such persons wherevergained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education, and ofthe teaching profession. It is the purpose of this agreement to providefor the development and execution of such programs of cooperation as willfacilitate the movement of teachers and other professional educationalpersonnel among the states party to it, and to authorize specificinterstate educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
2. The party states find that included in the large movement ofpopulation among all sections of the nation are many qualified educationalpersonnel who move for family and other personal reasons but who arehindered in using their professional skill and experience in their newlocations. Variations from state to state in requirements for qualifyingeducational personnel discourage such personnel from taking the stepsnecessary to qualify in other states. As a consequence, a significantnumber of professionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to ourschool systems. Facilitating the employment of qualified educationalpersonnel, without reference to their states of origin, can increase theavailable educational resources. Participation in this compact canincrease the availability of educational manpower.
Article II.--Definitions.
As used in this agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless thecontext clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Educational personnel" means persons who must meet requirementspursuant to state law as a condition of employment in educational programs.
2. "Designated state official" means the education official of a stateselected by that state to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of thatstate, contracts pursuant to this agreement.
3. "Accept," or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effectto one or more determinations of another state relating to thequalification of educational personnel in lieu of making or requiring alike determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to thelaws of a receiving state.
4. "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States;the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
5. "Originating state" means a state (and the subdivision thereof, ifany) whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualifiedto be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordancewith the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.
6. "Receiving state" means a state (and the subdivisions thereof) whichaccept educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contractmade pursuant to Article III.
1. The designated state official of a party state may make one or morecontracts on behalf of that state with one or more other party statesproviding for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contractfor the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on thestates whose designated state officials enter into it, and the subdivisionsof those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in thisagreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuantto this article only with states in which the state official finds thatthere are programs of education, certification standards or otheracceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification ofeducational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though notidentical to that prevailing in that state official's own state.
2. Any such contract shall provide for:
(a) Its duration.
(b) The criteria to be applied by an originating state in qualifyingeducational personnel for acceptance by a receiving state.
(c) Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shallaid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basiceducational standards.
(d) Any other necessary matters.
3. No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a termlonger than five years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.
4. Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on thebasis of their having completed an educational program shall specify theearliest date or dates on which originating state approval of the programor programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to thisagreement shall require acceptance by a receiving state of any personsqualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954.
5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has beenaccepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked orotherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifying document may be revoked orsuspended on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation orsuspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially grantedor approved in the receiving state.
6. A contract committee composed of the designated state officials ofthe contracting states or their representatives shall keep the contractunder continuous review, study means of improving its administration, andreport no less frequently than once a year to the heads of the appropriateeducation agencies of the contracting states.
Article IV.--Approved and Accepted Programs.
1. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to repeal or otherwisemodify any law or regulation of a party state relating to the approval ofprograms of educational preparation having effect solely on thequalification of educational personnel within that state.
2. To the extent that contracts made pursuant to this agreement dealwith the educational requirements for the proper qualification ofeducational personnel, acceptance of a program of educational preparationshall be in accordance with such procedures and requirements as may beprovided in the applicable contract.
Article V.--Interstate Cooperation.
The party states agree that:
1. They will, so far as practicable, prefer the making of multilateralcontracts pursuant to Article III of this agreement.
2. They will facilitate and strengthen cooperation in interstatecertification and other elements of educational personnel qualificationand for this purpose shall cooperate with agencies, organizations, andassociations interested in certification and other elements of educationalpersonnel qualification.
Article VI.--Agreement Evaluation.
The designated state officials of any party states may meet from time totime as a group to evaluate progress under the agreement, and to formulaterecommendations for change.
Article VII.--Other Arrangements.
Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit otherarrangements or practices of any party state or states to facilitate the interchangeof educational personnel.
Article VIII.--Effect and Withdrawal.
1. This agreement shall become effective when enacted into law by twostates. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any state upon itsenactment of this agreement.
2. Any party state may withdraw from this agreement by enacting astatute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect untilone year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice inwriting of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states.
3. No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing state of any obligationimposed upon it by a contract to which it is a party. The duration ofcontracts and the methods and conditions of withdrawal therefrom shall bethose specified in their terms.
Article IX.--Construction and Severability.
This agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate thepurposes thereof. The provisions of this agreement shall be severable andif any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement if declaredto be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States, orthe application thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceis held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this agreement and theapplicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstanceshall not be affected thereby. If this agreement shall be held contrary tothe constitution of any state participating therein, the agreement shallremain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
