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 106 STAT. 3154 PUBLIC LAW 102-494—OCT. 24, 1992 districts located in the state of New Hampshire and may include either the elementary schools, the secondary schools, or both. "e. JOINT ACTION.— 'Joint action' where joint action by both state boards is required, each state board shall deliberate and vote by its own majority, but shall separately reach the same result or take the same action as the other state board. "f. MAINE BOARD. —^'Maine Board' shall refer to the Maine State Board of Education. and 'member district' shall mean a school administrative unit located either in Maine or New Hampshire which is included within the boimdaries of a proposed or established interstate school district. "h. NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD.— 'New Hampshire board' shall refer to the New Hampshire State Board of Education. "i. PROFESSIONAL STAFF PERSONNEL. —'Professional staff personnel' and 'instructional stafT personnel' shall include superintendents, assistant superintendents, administrative ^ assistants, principals, guidance counselors, special educational . ' personnel, school nurses, therapists, teachers, and other certificated personnel. "j. SECONDARY SCHOOL. — ^'Secondary school' shall mean a school which includes all grades beginning no lower than grade 7 and no higher than grade 12. "k. WARRANT. —'Warrant' or 'warning* to mean the same for both states. "ARTICLE II "P ROCEDURE FOR FORMATION OF AN INTERSTATE SCHOOL DISTRICT " A. CREATION OF PLANNING COMMITTEE. —The New Hampshire and Maine commissioners of education shall have the power, acting jointly to constitute and discharge one or more interstate school district planning committees. Each such planning committee shall consist of at least 2 voters from each of a group of 2 or more neighboring member districts. One of the representatives from each member district shall be a member of its school board, whose term on the planning committee shall be concurrent with his term as a school board member. The term of each member of a planning committee who is not also a school board member shall expire on June 30th of the third year following his appointment. The existence of any planning committee may be terminated either by vote of a majority of its members or by joint action of the commissioners. In forming and appointing members to an interstate school district planning board, the commissioners shall consider and take into account recommendations and nominations made by school boards of member districts. No member of a planning committee shall be disqualified because he is at the same time a member of another planning board or committee created under this compact or under any other provisions of law. An existing informal interstate school planning committee may be reconstituted as a formal planning committee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and its previous deliberations adopted and ratified by the reorganized formal planning committee. Vacancies on a planning committee shall be filled by the commissioners acting jointly.
 * g. MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICT. —^'Member school district'

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