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(e)                                            Article VI

Agreement Evaluation

The designated state officials of any party State may meet from
time to time as a group to evaluate progress under the Agreement,

and to formulate recommendations for changes.

(f)                                             Article VII

Other Arrangements

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit
other arrangements or practices of any party State or States to
facilitate the interchange of educational personnel.

(g)                                          Article VIII

Effect and Withdrawal

1.   This Agreement shall become effective when enacted into law
by two States. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any State
upon its enactment of this Agreement.

2.  Any party State may withdraw from this Agreement by enact-
ing a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take
effect until one year after the Governor of the withdrawing State
has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the Governors of
all other party States.

3.  No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing State of any obli-
gation imposed upon it by a contract to which it is a party. The
duration of contracts and the methods and conditions of withdrawal
therefrom shall be those specified in their terms.

(h)                                       Article IX

Construction and Severability

This Agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the
purposes thereof. The provisions of this Agreement shall be sever-
able and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Agree-
ment is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any State or
of the United States, or the application thereof to any Government,
agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the
remainder of this Agreement and the applicability thereof to any
Government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected
thereby. If this Agreement shall be held contrary to the constitution
of any State participating therein, the Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect as to the State affected as to all severable
matters.

100D.

The "designated State official" for this State shall be State Super-
intendent of Schools. He may enter into contracts pursuant to Article
III of the Agreement only with the approval of the specific text
thereof by the State Board of Education.

100E.

True copies of all contracts made on behalf of this State pursuant
to the Agreement shall be kept on file in the office of the State Super-