{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-161.124","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 161.124","heading":"Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.","body":"The Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel is hereby enacted\ninto law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form\nsubstantially as follows:\nARTICLE I. PURPOSE, FINDINGS, AND POLICY\n(1) The states pa rty to this agreement, desiring by common action to improve\ntheir respective school systems by utilizing the teacher or other professional educational\nperson wherever educated, declare that it is the policy of each of them, on the basis of\ncooperation with  one another, to take advantage of the preparation and experience of\nthese persons wherever gained, thereby serving the best interests of society, of education,\nand of the teaching profession. It is the purpose of this agreement to provide for the\ndevelopment and execution of these programs of cooperation as will facilitate the\nmovement of teachers and other professional educational personnel among the states\nparty to it, and to authorize specific interstate educational personnel contracts to achieve\nthat end.\n(2) The party states find that included in the large movement of population among\nall sections of the nation are many qualified educational personnel who move for family\nand other personal reasons but who are hindered in using their professional skill  and\nexperience in their new locations. Variations from state to state in requirements for\nqualifying educational personnel discourage these personnel from taking the steps\nnecessary to qualify in other states. As a consequence, a significant number of\nprofessionally prepared and experienced educators is lost to our school systems.\nFacilitating the employment of qualified educational personnel, without reference to their\nstates of origin, can increase the available educational resources. Participation in th is\ncompact can increase the availability of educational manpower.\nARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS\nAs used in this agreement and contracts made pursuant to it, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Educational personnel\" means persons who must meet requirements pursuant\nto state law as a condition of employment in educational programs.\n(2) \"Designated state official\" means the education official of a state selected by\nthat state to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of his state, contracts pursuant  to this\nagreement.\n(3) \"Accept,\" or any variant thereof, means to recognize and give effect to one (1)\nor more determinations of another state relating to the qualifications of educational\npersonnel in lieu of making or requiring a like determination tha t would otherwise be\nrequired by or pursuant to the laws of a receiving state.\n(4) \"State\" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States; the District\nof Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.\n(5) \"Originating state\" means a state a nd its subdivisions, if any, whose\ndetermination that certain educational personnel are qualified to be employed for specific\nduties in schools is acceptable in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant\nto Article III.\n(6) \"Receiving state\" means a state and its subdivisions which accept educational\npersonnel in accordance with the terms of a contract made pursuant to Article III.\nARTICLE III. INTERSTATE EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL CONTRACTS\n(1) The designated state official of a party state may make one or more contracts\non behalf of his state with one or more other party states providing for the acceptance of\neducational personnel. Any contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to\nand binding on the states whose designated state officials enter into it, and the\nsubdivisions of those states, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this\nagreement. A designated state official may enter into a contract pursuant to this A rticle\nonly with states in which he finds that there are programs of education, certification\nstandards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of\neducational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that\nprevailing in his own state.\n(2) Any contract shall provide for:\n(a) Its duration.\n(b) The criteria to be applied by an originating state in qualifying educational\npersonnel for acceptance by a receiving state.\n(c) Waivers, substitut ions, and conditional acceptance as shall aid the practical\neffectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basic educational standards.\n(d) Any other necessary matters.\n(3) No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a term longer than\nfive years but any contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods.\n(4) Any contract dealing with acceptance of educational personnel on the basis of\ntheir having completed an educational program shall specify the earliest date or dates on\nwhich originating state approval of the program or programs involved can have occurred.\nNo contract made pursuant to this agreement shall require acceptance by a receiving state\nof any persons qualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January\n1, 1954.\n(5) The certification or other acceptance of a person who has been accepted\npursuant to the terms of a contract shall not be revoked or otherwise impaired because the\ncontract has expired or been terminated. However, any certificate or other qualifyi ng\ndocument may be revoked or suspended on any ground which would be sufficient for\nrevocation or suspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially granted or\napproved in the receiving state.\n(6) A contract committee composed of the desig nated state officials of the\ncontracting states or their representatives shall keep the contract under continuous review,\nstudy means of improving its administration, and report no less frequently than once a\nyear to the heads of the appropriate education agencies of the contracting states.\nARTICLE IV. APPROVED AND ACCEPTED PROGRAMS\n(1) Nothing in this agreement should be construed to repeal or otherwise modify\nany law or regulation of a party state relating to the approval of programs of educational\npreparation having effect solely on the qualification of educational personnel within that\nstate.\n(2) To the extent that contracts made pursuant to this agreement deal with the\neducational requirements for the proper qualification of educational personnel,\nacceptance of a program of educational preparation shall be in accordance with such\nprocedures and requirements as may be provided in the applicable contract.\nARTICLE V. INTERSTATE COOPERATION\nThe party states agree that:\n(1) They will, so far as practicabl e, prefer the making of multilateral contracts\npursuant to Article III of this agreement.\n(2) They will facilitate and strengthen cooperation in interstate certification and\nother elements of educational personnel qualification and for this purpose shall cooperate\nwith agencies, organizations, and associations interested in certification and other\nelements of educational personnel qualification.\nARTICLE VI. AGREEMENT EVALUATION\nThe designated state officials of any party state may meet from time to time a s a\ngroup to evaluate progress under the agreement, and to formulate recommendation for\nchanges.\nARTICLE VII. OTHER ARRANGEMENTS\nNothing in this agreement shall be construed to prevent or inhibit other\narrangements or practices of any party state or state s to facilitate the interchange of\neducational personnel.\nARTICLE VIII. EFFECT AND WITHDRAWAL\n(1) This agreement shall become effective when enacted into law by two (2)\nstates. Thereafter it shall become effective as to any state upon its enactment of thi s\nagreement.\n(2) Any party state may withdraw from this agreement by enacting a statute\nrepealing the agreement, but no withdrawal shall take effect until one (1) year after the\nGovernor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdraw al to the\nGovernors of all other party states.\n(3) No withdrawal shall relieve the withdrawing state of any obligation imposed\nupon it by a contract to which it is a party. The duration of contracts and the methods and\nconditions of withdrawal therefrom shall be those specified in their terms.\nARTICLE IX. CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY\nThis agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes. The\nprovisions of this agreement sh all be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or\nprovision of this agreement is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any state or of\nthe United States, or the application thereof to any government, agency, person, or\ncircumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this agreement and the\napplicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be\naffected thereby. If this agreement shall be held contrary to the Constitution of any state\nparticipating therein, the agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the state\naffected as to all severable matters.","path":["KRS Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=3859","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:10Z","sha256":"047bd121634ac1ed571d98a022ba53fe04090ea86e414587bea24070fa17248c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-161.123","next":"us-ky/krs-161.126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}