BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as Art.
41, §375.

The only changes are in style.

25-102. TEXT OF COMPACT FOR EDUCATION.

ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND POLICY.

A.   IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT TO:

1.     ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION AND
UNDERSTANDING AMONG EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATIONAL AND LAY LEADERSHIP ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.

2.   PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION, DEVELOPMENT,
CRYSTALLIZATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC POLICY
ALTERNATIVES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.

3.   PROVIDE A CLEARING HOUSE OF INFORMATION ON MATTERS
RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND HOW THEY ARE BEING MET
IN DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE NATION, SO THAT THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND
OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE READY ACCESS TO THE EXPERIENCE
AND RECORD OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND SO THAT BOTH LAY AND
PROFESSIONAL GROUPS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION MAY HAVE
ADDITIONAL AVENUES FOR THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCE AND THE
INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS IN THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC POLICY IN
EDUCATION.

4.   FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS SO THAT ALL OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO MEET
ADEQUATE AND DESIRABLE GOALS IN A SOCIETY WHICH REQUIRES
CONTINUOUS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ADVANCE IN
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, METHODS AND FACILITIES.

B.    IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS COMPACT TO ENCOURAGE AND
PROMOTE LOCAL AND STATE INITIATIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT,
MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS IN A MANNER WHICH WILL ACCORD WITH
THE NEEDS AND ADVANTAGES OF DIVERSITY AMONG LOCALITIES AND
STATES.

C.   THE PARTY STATES RECOGNIZE THAT EACH OF THEM HAS AN
INTEREST IN THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF EDUCATION FURNISHED
IN EACH OF THE OTHER STATES, AS WELL AS IN THE EXCELLENCE OF
ITS OWN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS, BECAUSE OF THE
HIGHLY MOBILE CHARACTER OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE NATION,
AND BECAUSE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CONTRIBUTING TO THE
HEALTH, WELFARE AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF EACH STATE ARE
SUPPLIED IN SIGNIFICANT PART BY PERSONS EDUCATED IN OTHER
STATES.

ARTICLE II. STATE DEFINED.

AS USED IN THIS COMPACT, "STATE" MEANS A STATE,
TERRITORY, OR POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT