Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 2.djvu/297

 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-515-DEC. 7, 1974

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"3. 'Accept', or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effect to one or more determinations of another State relating to the qualifications of educational personnel in lieu of making or requiring a like determination that would otherwise be required by or pursuant to the laws 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, if any) whose determination that certain educational personnel are qualified to be employed for specific duties in schools is acceptable in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III. "6. 'Receiving State' means a State (and the subdivisions thereof) which accept educational personnel in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III. " ARTICLE III—Interstate Educational Personnel Contracts " 1. The designated State official of a party State may make one or more contracts on behalf of his State with one or more other party States providing for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on the States whose designated State officials enter into it, and the subdivisions of those States, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this Agreement. A designated State official may enter into a contract pursuant to this Article only with States in which he finds that there are programs of education, certification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of educational personnel on basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that prevailing in his own State. "2. Any such contract shall provide for: " (a) Its duration. " (b) The criteria to be applied by an originating State in qualifying educational personnel for acceptance by a receiving State. "(c) Such waivers, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shall aid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basic educational standards. " (d) Any other necessary mattere. "3. No contract made pursuant to this Agreement shall be for a term longer than five years by any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods. "4. Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on the basis of their having completed an educational program shall specify the earliest date or dates on which originating State approval of the program or programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to this Agreement shall require acceptance by a receiving State of any person qualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954. "5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has been su^^e"""^""" "^ " accepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked or otherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifying document may be revoked or suspended on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation or suspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially granted or approved in the receiving State. "6. A contract committee composed of the designated State officials ^^^J^^"^ ^"'^ of the contracting States or their representatives shall keep the con- report. tract under continuous review, study means of improving its adminis-

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