BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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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.

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 ENACTING 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 OBLIGATION 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.

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 SEVERABLE AND IF ANY PHRASE, CLAUSE,
SENTENCE, OR PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT 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.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
77, §108B.

In this section, the present designations of (a)
through (h) before eight of the nine Articles of
the Agreement are deleted as unnecessary. Also,
in Article IV of this section, the paragraph
designations are changed to numerals from letters
for uniformity.

No other changes are made.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE: