The governor is hereby authorized to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any of the United States or other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR EDUCATION
State Defined
As used in this compact, "state" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Commission
Powers
In addition to authority conferred on the commission by other provisions of the compact, the commission shall have authority to:
Cooperation With Federal Government
Committees
Finance
Eligible Parties; Entry Into and Withdrawal
Construction and Severability
This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact 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 compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Source: L. 67: p. 203, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 74-13-1. L. 2007: Art. III (a) amended, p. 185, § 20, effective March 22.
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