Section 25-102 – Text of Compact for Education
Article I. Purpose and Policy a. It is the purpose of this Compact 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 […]
Section 25-103 – Maryland Education Council; Representation on Commission
(a) There is a Maryland Education Council. (b) (1) The Council consists of seven members. (2) One member shall be the Governor, ex officio. (3) Two members shall be from the Senate and House of Delegates of the General Assembly, appointed by the respective presiding officers. (4) One member shall be the State Superintendent, ex officio. (5) Three members shall be residents […]
Section 25-104 – Filing Bylaws of Commission
Pursuant to Article III of the Compact, the Commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendments thereto with the Maryland Education Council.
Section 25-201 – Governor to Sign
On the approval of this Compact by the minimum required number of states, as provided in the Compact, the Governor shall sign an engrossed copy of the Southern Regional Education Compact substantially as it appears in § 25-202 of this subtitle and sufficient copies of it, to provide each state that approves the Compact with […]
Section 25-202 – Text of Compact
(a) In consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and obligations assumed by the respective states who are parties hereto (hereinafter referred to as “states”), the said several states do hereby form a geographical district or region consisting of the areas lying within the boundaries of the contracting states which, for the purposes of this Compact, shall […]
Section 25-203 – Ratification of Compact
The Southern Regional Education Compact is approved, confirmed, and ratified, and every paragraph, clause, provision, matter, and thing in the Compact shall be obligatory on this State and its citizens, and shall be forever faithfully and inviolably observed and kept by the government of this State and all of its citizens according to the true […]
Section 25-204 – Admission of Delaware and West Virginia
(a) The admission of the states of Delaware and West Virginia into the Southern Regional Education Compact is approved, and the states of Delaware and West Virginia or either of them shall become a party to the Compact upon approval in each instance by the legislature and the governor, and upon further approval of their admission […]
Section 25-205 – Administration of Compact
The Maryland Higher Education Commission shall administer all programs under the Southern Regional Education Compact.
Section 25-301 – Execution of Compact
The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with all states legally joining it, in the form substantially as it appears in §§ 25-302 and 25-303 of this subtitle.
Section 25-302 – Implementation of Compact
(a) No political subdivision of this State shall be party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Article III, subdivision (c)(7) of the Compact, nor pledge its credit in support of such a library, or contribute to the capital financing thereof, except after compliance with any laws […]