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5.  "Originating State" means a State (and the subdivision there-
of, if any) whose determination that certain educational personnel
are qualified to be employed for specific duties in schools is accept-
able 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.

(c)                                       Article HI

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, cer-
tification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure
preparation or qualification of educational personnel on a basis suffi-
ciently 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 qualify-
ing 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 matters.

3.  No contract made pursuant to this Agreement shall be for a
term longer 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 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 re-
ceiving State of any persons qualified because of successful com-
pletion of a program prior to January 1, 1954.

5.  The certification or other acceptance of a person who has been
accepted pursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked
or otherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been ter-
minated. 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.