Section 1 Of Article 1. Interstate Agreement On Qualification Of Educational Personnel From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 8. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. The states party to this agreement, desiring by common action
to improve their respective school systems by utilizing the teacher
or other professional educational person wherever educated, declare
that it is the policy of each of them, on the basis of cooperation
with one another, to take advantage of the preparation and experience
of such persons wherever gained, thereby serving the best interests
of society, of education, and of the teaching profession. It is the
purpose of this agreement to provide for the development and
execution of such programs of cooperation as will facilitate the
movement of teachers and other professional educational personnel
among the states party to it, and to authorize specific interstate
educational personnel contracts to achieve that end.
2. The party states find that included in the large movement of
population among all sections of the nation are many qualified
educational personnel who move for family and other personal reasons
but who are hindered in using their professional skill and experience
in their new locations. Variations from state to state in
requirements for qualifying educational personnel discourage such
personnel from taking the steps necessary to qualify in other states.
As a consequence, a significant number of professionally prepared
and experienced educators is lost to our school systems. Facilitating
the employment of qualified educational personnel, without reference
to their states of origin, can increase the available educational
resources. Participation in this compact can increase the
availability of educational manpower.