Granting the consent of the Congress to the New Hampshire-Maine Interstate School Compact.
PL 102-494 (H.R.4841), enacted 10/24/1992

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106 STAT. 3153 
Public Law 102-494 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Granting the consent of the Congress to the New Hampshire-Maine Interstate 
Oct. 24, 1992 
School Compact. 
[H.R. 4841] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Inter-
governmental 
SECTION 1. CONSENT OF CONGRESS. 
relations. 
The Congress consents to the compact which was entered into 
between the States of New Hampshire and Maine providing for 
the estabUshment of an interstate school district, and was approved 
by the States of New Hampshire and Maine in 1969. The compact 
is substantially as follows: 
"NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAINE INTERSTATE SCHOOL COMPACT 
"ARTICLE I 
"GENERAL PROVISIONS 
"A. STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the purpose of this compact 
to increase the educational opportunities within the states of New 
Hampshire and Maine by encouraging the formation of interstate 
school districts which will each be a natural social and economic 
region with adequate financial resources and a number of pupils 
sufficient to permit the efficient use of school facilities within the 
interstate district and to provide improved instruction. The state 
boards of education of New Hampshire and Maine may formulate 
and adopt additional standards consistent with this purpose and 
with these standards; and the formation of any interstate school 
district and the adoption of its articles of agreement shall be subject 
to the approval of both state boards as set forth. 
"B. REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.—^This compact Effective date, 
shall not become effective until approved by the United States 
Congress. 
"C. DEFINITIONS.—The terms used in this compact shall be 
construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent 
from the language or context: 
"a. COMMISSIONER.—'Commissioner' shall refer to Commis-
sioner of Education. 
"b. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—'Elementary school' shall mean 
a school which includes all grades from kindergarten or grade 
one through not less than grade 6 nor more than grade 8. 
"c. INTERSTATE BOARD.—^'Interstate board' shall refer to 
the board serving an interstate school district. 
"d. INTERSTATE SCHOOL DISTRICT.—^'Interstate school dis-
trict' and 'interstate district' shall mean a school district com-
posed of one or more school districts located in the State of 
Maine associated under this compact with one or more school 
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districts located in the state of New Hampshire and may include 
either the elementary schools, the secondary schools, or both. 
"e. JOINT ACTION.—'Joint action' where joint action by both 
state boards is required, each state board shall deliberate and 
vote by its own majority, but shall separately reach the same 
result or take the same action as the other state board. 
"f. MAINE BOARD.—^'Maine Board' shall refer to the Maine 
State Board of Education. 
**g. MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICT.—^'Member school district' 
and 'member district' shall mean a school administrative unit 
located either in Maine or New Hampshire which is included 
within the boimdaries of a proposed or established interstate 
school district. 
"h. NEW HAMPSHIRE BOARD.—'New Hampshire board' shall 
refer to the New Hampshire State Board of Education. 
"i. PROFESSIONAL STAFF PERSONNEL.—'Professional staff 
personnel' and 'instructional stafT personnel' shall include 
superintendents, 
assistant 
superintendents, 
administrative 
^ 
assistants, principals, guidance counselors, special educational 
. ' 
personnel, school nurses, therapists, teachers, and other certifi-
cated personnel. 
"j. SECONDARY SCHOOL.—^'Secondary school' shall mean a 
school which includes all grades beginning no lower than grade 
7 and no higher than grade 12. 
"k. WARRANT.—'Warrant' or 'warning* to mean the same 
for both states. 
"ARTICLE II 
"PROCEDURE FOR FORMATION OF AN INTERSTATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 
"A. CREATION OF PLANNING COMMITTEE.—The New Hampshire 
and Maine commissioners of education shall have the power, acting 
jointly to constitute and discharge one or more interstate school 
district planning committees. Each such planning committee shall 
consist of at least 2 voters from each of a group of 2 or more 
neighboring member districts. One of the representatives from each 
member district shall be a member of its school board, whose 
term on the planning committee shall be concurrent with his term 
as a school board member. The term of each member of a planning 
committee who is not also a school board member shall expire 
on June 30th of the third year following his appointment. The 
existence of any planning committee may be terminated either 
by vote of a majority of its members or by joint action of the 
commissioners. In forming and appointing members to an interstate 
school district planning board, the commissioners shall consider 
and take into account recommendations and nominations made 
by school boards of member districts. No member of a planning 
committee shall be disqualified because he is at the same time 
a member of another planning board or committee created under 
this compact or under any other provisions of law. An existing 
informal interstate school planning committee may be reconstituted 
as a formal planning committee in accordance with the provisions 
hereof, and its previous deliberations adopted and ratified by the 
reorganized formal planning committee. Vacancies on a planning 
committee shall be filled by the commissioners acting jointly. 
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"B. OPERATING PROCEDURES OF PLANNING COMMITTEE.—Each 
interstate school district planning committee shall meet in the 
first instance at the call of any member, and shall organize bv 
the election of a chairman and clerk-treasurer, each of whom shall 
be a resident of a different state. Subsequent meetings may be 
called by either officer of the committee. The members of the 
committee shall serve without pay. The member districts shall 
appropriate money on an equal basis at each annual meeting to 
meet the expenses of the committee, including the cost of publication 
and distribution of reports and advertising. From time to time 
the commissioners may add additional members and additional 
member districts to the committee, and may remove members and 
member districts from the committee. An interstate school district 
planning committee shall act by majority vote of its membership 
present and voting. 
"C. 
DUTIES 
OF 
INTERSTATE 
SCHOOL 
DISTRICT PLANNING 
COMMITTEE.—It shall be the duty of an interstate school district 
planning committee, in consultation with the commissioners and 
the state departments of education: to study the advisability of 
establishing an interstate school district in accordance with the 
standards set forth in paragraph A, its organization, operation 
and control, and the advisability of constructing, maintaining and 
operating a school or schools to serve the needs of such interstate 
district; to estimate the construction and operating costs thereof; 
to investigate the methods of financing such school or schools, 
and any other matters pertaining to the organization and operation 
of an interstate school district; and to submit a report or reports 
Reports, 
of its findings and recommendations to the several member districts. 
"D. RECOMMENDATIONS AND PREPARATION OF ARTICLES OF 
AGREEMENT.—^An interstate school district planning committee may 
recommend that an interstate school district composed of all the 
member districts represented by its membership, or any specified 
combination of such member districts, be established. If the plan-
ning committee does recommend the establishment of an interstate 
school district, it shall include in its report such recommendation, 
and shall prepare and include in its report proposed articles of 
agreement for the proposed interstate school district, which shall 
be signed by at least a majority of the membership of the planning 
committee, which set forth the following: 
"a. The name of the interstate school district, 
"b. The member districts which shall be combined to form 
the proposed interstate school district. 
"c. The number, composition, method of selection and terms 
of office of the interstate school board, provided that: 
"(1) The interstate school board shall consist of an 
odd number of members, not less than 5 nor more than 
15; 
"(2) The terms of office shall not exceed 3 years; 
"(3) Each member district shall be entitled to elect 
at least one member of the interstate school board. Each 
member district shall either vote separately at the inter-
state school district meeting by the use of a distinctive 
ballot, or shall choose its member or members at any 
other election at which school officials may be chosen; 
"(4) The method of election shall provide for the filing 
of candidacies in advance of election and for the use of 
a printed nonpartisan ballot; 
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"(5) Subject to the foregoing, provision may be made 
for the election of one or more members at large. 
"d. The grades for which the interstate school district shall 
be responsible. 
"e. The specific properties of member districts to be 
acquired initially by the interstate school district and the gen-
eral location of any proposed new schools to be initially estab-
lished or constructed by the interstate school district. 
"f. The method of apportioning the operating expenses of 
the interstate school district among the several member dis-
tricts, and the time and manner of pajnnents of such shares. 
"g. The indebtedness of any member district which the 
interstate district is to assume. 
"h. The method of apportioning the capital expenses of 
the interstate school district among the several member dis-
tricts, which need not be the same as the method of apportion-
ing operating expenses, and the time and manner of pajnnent 
of such shares. Capital expenses shall include the cost of acquir-
ing land and buildings tor school purposes; the construction, 
furnishing and equipping of school buildings and facilities; and 
the pajrment of the principal and interest of any indebtedness 
which is incurred to pay for the same. 
"i. The manner in which state aid, available imder the 
laws of either New Hampshire or Maine, shall be allocated, 
unless otherwise expressly provided in this compact or by the 
laws making such aid availaole. 
"j. The method by which the articles or agreement may 
be amended, which amendments may include the annexation 
of territory, or an increase or decrease in the number of grades 
for which the interstate district shall be responsible, provided 
that no amendment shall be efTective until approved by both 
state boards in the same manner as required for approval 
of the original articles of agreement. 
"k. The date of operating responsibility of the proposed 
interstate school district and a proposed program for the 
assumption of operating responsibility for education by the 
proposed interstate school district, and any school construction; 
which the interstate school district shall have the power to 
vary by vote as circumstances may require. 
"1. Any other matters, not incompatible with law, which 
the interstate school district planning committee may consider 
appropriate to include in the articles of agreement, including, 
without limitation: 
"(1) The method of allocating the cost of transportation 
between the interstate district and member districts; 
(2) The nomination of individual school directors to 
serve until the first annual meeting of the interstate school 
district. 
"E. HEARINGS.—If the planning committee recommends the 
formation of an interstate school district, it shall hold at least 
one public hearing on its report and the proposed articles of agree-
ment within the proposed interstate school district in Maine, and 
at least one public hearing thereon within the proposed interstate 
school district in New Hampshire. The planning committee shall 
give such notice thereof as it may determine to be reasonable, 
provided that such notice shall include at least one publication 
in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed interstate 
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school district not less than 15 days, not counting the date of 
publication and not counting the date of the hearing, before the 
date of the firat hearing. Such hearings may be adjourned from 
time to time and from place to place. The planning committee 
may revise the proposed articles of agreement after the date of 
the hearings. It shall not be required to hold further hearings 
on the revised articles of agreement but may hold one or more 
further hearings after notice similar to that required for the first 
hearings if the planning committee in its sole discretion determines 
that the revisions are so substantial in nature as to require further 
presentation to the public before submission to the state boards 
of education. 
"F. APPROVAL BY STATE BOARDS.—After the hearings a copy 
of the proposed articles of agreement, as revised, signed by a msgor-
ity of the planning committee, shall be submitted by it to each 
state board. The state boards may if they find that the articles 
of agreement are in accord with the standards set forth in this 
compact and in accordance with sound educational policy, approve 
the same as submitted, or refer them back to the planning commit-
tee for further study. The planning committee may make additional 
revisions to the proposed articles of agreement to conform to the 
recommendations of the state boards. Further hearings on the pro-
posed articles of agreement shall not be reqmred vmless ordered 
by the state boards in their discretion. In exercising such discretion, 
the state boards shall take into account whether or not the addi-
tional revisions are so substantial in nature as to require further 
presentation to the public. If both state boards find that the articles 
of agreement as further revised are in accord with the standards 
set forth in this compact and in accordance with sound educational 
policy, they shall approve the same. After approval by both state 
boards, each state board shall cause the articles of agreement 
to be submitted to the school boards of the several member districts 
in each state for acceptance by the member districts as provided 
in paragraph G. At the same time, each state board shall designate 
the form of warrant, date, time, place, and period of voting for 
the special meeting of the member district to be held in accordance 
with paragraph G. 
"G. ADOPTION BY MEMBER DISTRICTS.—Upon receipt of written 
notice from the state board in its state of the approval of the 
articles of agreement by both state boards, the school board of 
each member district shall cause the articles of agreement to be 
filed with the member district clerk. Within 10 days after receipt 
of such notice, the school board shall issue its warrant for a special 
meeting of the member district, the warrant to be in the form, 
and the meeting to be held at the time and place and in the 
manner prescribed by the state board. No approval of the superior 
court shall be required for such special school district meeting 
in New Hampshire. Voting shall be with the use of a check-Ust 
by a ballot substantially in the following form: 
"Shall the school district accept the provisions of the New 
Hampshire-Maine Interstate School Compact providing for the 
estabUshment of an interstate school district, together with the 
school districts of 
and 
, etc., in accord-
ance with the proposed articles of agreement filed with the school 
district (town, city or incorporated school district) clerk? 
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"YES 
( ) 
No ( ) 
"If the articles of agreement included the nomination of individ-
ual school directors, those nominated from each member district 
shall be included in the ballot and voted upon, such election to 
become efiTective upon the formation of an interstate school district. 
"If a majority of the votes present and voting in a member 
district vote in the affirmative, the clerk for such member district 
shall forthwith send to the state board in its state a certified 
copy of the warrant, certificate of posting, and minutes of the 
meeting of the district. If the state boards of both states find 
that a majority of the voters present and voting in each member 
district have voted in favor of the establishment of the interstate 
school district, they shall issue a joint certificate to that effect; 
and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the lawful 
organization and formation of the interstate school district as of 
its date of issuance. 
"H. RESUBMISSION.—If the proposed articles of agreement are 
adopted by one or more of the member districts but rejected by 
one or more of the member districts, the state boards may resubmit 
them, in the same form as previously submitted, to the rejecting 
member districts, in which case the school boards thereof shall 
resubmit them to the voters in accordance with paragraph G. An 
affirmative vote in accordance therewith shall have the same effect 
as though the articles of agreement had been adopted in the first 
instance. In the alternative, the state boards may either discharge 
the planning committee, or refer the articles of agreement back 
for further consideration to the same or a reconstituted planning 
committee, which shall have all the powers and duties as the 
planning committee as originally constituted. 
"ARTICLE III 
"POWERS OF INTERSTATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 
"A. POWERS.—Each interstate school district shall be a body 
corporate and politic, with power to: 
"a. Acquire, construct, extend, improve, staff, operate, man-
age and govern public schools within its boundaries; 
"b. Sue and be sued, subject to the limitations of liability 
hereinafter set forth; 
"c. Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; 
"d. Adopt, maintain and amend bylaws not inconsistent 
with this compact, and the laws of the 2 states; 
"e. Acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease or otherwise, 
real and personal property for the use of its schools; 
"f Enter into contracts and incur debts; 
"g. Borrow money for the purposes set forth, and to issue 
its bonds or notes therefor; 
"h. Make contracts with and accept grants and aid from 
the United States, the State of Maine, the State of New Hamp-
shire, any agency or municipality thereof, and private corpora-
tions and individuals for the construction, maintenance, 
reconstruction, operation and financing of its schools; and to 
do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of 
such aid and cooperation; 
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"i. Employ such assistants, agents, servants and independ-
ent contractors as it shall deem necessary or desirable for 
its purposes; and 
"j. Take any other action which is necessary or appropriate 
in order to exercise any of the foregoing powers. 
"ARTICLE IV 
"DISTRICT MEETINGS 
"A. GENERAL.—^Votes of the district shall be taken at a duly 
warned meeting held at any place in the district, at which all 
of the eligible legal voters of the member districts shall be entitled 
to vote, except as otherwise provided with respect to the election 
of directors. 
"B. ELIGIBILITY OF VOTERS.—Any resident who would be eligible 
to vote at a meeting of a member district being held at the same 
time shall be eligible to vote at a meeting of the interstate district. 
The town clerks in each Maine member district and the supervisors 
of the checklist of each New Hampshire district shall respectively 
prepare a checklist of eligible voters for each meeting of the inter-
state district in the same manner, and they shall have all the 
same powers and duties with respect to eligibility of voters in 
their districts as for a meeting of a member district. 
"C. WARNING OF MEETINGS.—A meeting shall be warned by 
a warrant addressed to the residents of the interstate school district 
qualified to vote in district affairs, stating the time and place 
of the meeting and the subject matter of the business to be acted 
upon. The warrant shall be signed by the clerk and by a majority 
of the directors. Upon written application of 10 or more voters 
in the district, presented to the directors or to one of them, at 
least 25 days before the day prescribed for an annual meeting, 
the directors shall insert in their warrant for such meeting any 
subject matter specified in such application. 
"D. POSTING AND PUBLICATION OF WARRANT.—The directors 
shall cause an attested copy of the warrant to be posted at the 
place of meeting, and a like copy at a public place in each member 
district at least 20 days, not counting the date of posting and 
the date of meeting, before the date of the meeting. In addition, 
the directors shall cause the warrant to be advertised in a news-
paper of general circulation on at least one occasion, such publica-
tion to occur at least 10 days, not counting the date of publication 
and not counting the date of the meeting, before the date of the 
meeting. Although no further notice shall be required, the directors 
may give such further notice of the meeting as they in their discre-
tion deem appropriate under the circumstances. 
"E. 
RETURN OF WARRANT.—The warrant with a certificate Records, 
thereon, verified by oath, stating the time and place when and 
where copies of the warrant were posted and published, shall be 
given to the clerk of the interstate school district at or before 
the time of the meeting, and shall be recorded by him in the 
records of the interstate school district. 
"F. 
ORGANIZATION 
MEETING.—The 
commissioners, 
acting 
jointly, shall fix a time and place for a special meeting of the 
qualified voters within the interstate school district for the purpose 
of organization, and shall prepare and issue the warrant for the 
meeting after consultation with the interstate school district plan-
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ning board and the members-elect, if any, of the interstate school 
board of directors. Such meeting shall be held within 60 days 
after the date of issuance of the certificate of formation, unless 
the time is further extended by the joint action of the state boards. 
At the organization meeting the commissioner of education of the 
state where the meeting is held, or his designate, shall preside 
in the first instance, and the following business shall be transacted: 
"a. A temporary moderator and a temporary clerk shall 
be elected from among the qualified voters who shall serve 
until a moderator and clerk respectively have been elected 
and qualified. 
"b. A moderator, clerk, a treasurer and 3 auditors shall 
be elected to serve until the next annual meeting and thereafter 
until their successors are elected and qualified. Unless pre-
viously elected, a board of school directors shall be elected 
to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. 
"c. The date for the annual meeting shall be established, 
"d. Provision shall be made for the payment of any 
organizational or other expense incurred on behalf of the dis-
trict before the organization meeting, including the cost of 
architects, surveyors, contractors, attorneys, and educational 
or other consultants or experts. 
"e. Any other business, the subject matter of which has 
been included in the warrant, and which the voters would 
have had powers to transact at any annual meeting. 
"G. ANNUAL MEETINGS.—^An annual meeting of the district 
shall be held between January 15th and June 1st of each year 
at such time as the interstate district may by vote determine. 
Once determined, the date of the annual meeting shall remain 
fixed until changed by vote of the interstate district as a subsequent 
annual or special meeting. At each annual meeting the following 
business shall be transacted: 
"a. Necessary officers shall be elected. 
"b. Money shall be appropriated for the support of the 
interstate district schools for the fiscal year beginning the fol-
lowing July 1st. 
"c. Such other business as may properly come before the 
meeting. 
"H. SPECIAL MEETINGS.—^A special meeting of the district shall 
be held whenever, in the opinion of the directors, there is occasion 
therefor, or whenever written application shall have been made 
by 5 percent or more of the voters based on the checklists as 
prepared for the last preceding meeting, setting forth the subject 
matter upon which such action is desired. A special meeting may 
appropriate money without compliance with RSA 33:8 or RSA 197:3 
which would otherwise require the approval of the New Hampshire 
superior court. 
"L CERTIFICATION OF RECORDS.—The clerk of an interstate 
school district shall have the power to certify the record of the 
votes adopted at an interstate school district meeting to the respec-
tive commissioners and state boards and, where required, for filing 
with a secretary of state. 
"J. METHOD OF VOTING AT SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS.—Voting 
at meetings of interstate school districts shall take place as follows: 
"a. SCHOOL DIRECTORS.—^A separate ballot shall be pre-
pared for each member district, listing the candidates for inter-
state school director to represent such member district; and 
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any candidates for interstate school director at large; and the 
voters of each member district shall register on a separate 
ballot their choice for the office of school director or directors. 
In the alternative, the articles of agreement may provide for 
the election of school directors by one or more of the member 
districts at an election otherwise held for the choice of school 
or other municipal officers. 
"b. OTHER VOTES.—Except as otherwise provided in the 
articles of agreement or this compact, with respect to all other 
votes, the voters of the interstate school district shall vote 
as one body irrespective of the member districts in which they 
are resident, and a simple majority of those present and voting, 
at any duly warned meeting shall carry the vote. Voting for 
officers to be elected at any meeting, other than school directors, 
shall be by ballot or voice, as the interstate district may deter-
mine, either in its articles of agreement or by a vote of the 
meeting. 
"ARTICLE V 
"OFFICERS 
"A. OFFICERS; GENERAL.—^The officers of an interstate school 
district shall be a board of school directors, a chairman of the 
board, a vice-chairman of the board, a secretary of the board, 
a moderator, a clerk, a treasurer and 3 auditors. Except as otherwise 
specifically provided, they shall be eligible to take office immediately 
following their election; they shall serve until the next annual 
meeting of the interstate district and until their successors are 
elected and qualified. Each shall take oath for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties before the moderator, or a notary public or 
a justice of the peace of the state in which the oath is administered. 
Their compensation shall be fixed by vote of the district. No person 
shall be eligible to any district office unless he is a voter in the 
district. A custodian, school teacher, principal, superintendent or 
other employee of an interstate district acting as such shall not 
be eligible to hold office as a school director. 
"B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
"a. How CHOSEN.—^Each member district shall be rep-
resented by at least one resident on the board of school directors 
of an interstate school district. A member district shall be 
entitled to such further representation on the interstate board 
of school directors as provided in the articles of agreement 
as amended from time to time. The articles of agreement as 
amended from time to time may provide for school directors 
at large, as set forth. No person shall be disqualified to serve 
as a member of an interstate board because he is at the same 
time a member of the school board of a member district. 
"b. TERM.—Interstate school directors shall be elected for 
terms in accordance with the articles of agreement. 
"c. DUTIES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—The board of school 
directors of an interstate school district shall have and exercise 
all of the powers of the district not reserved herein to the 
voters of the district. 
"d. ORGANIZATION.—The clerk of the district shall warn 
a meeting of the board of school directors to be held within 
10 days following the date of the annual meeting, for the 
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purpose of organizing the board, including the election of its 
officers. 
"C. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.—^The chairman of the board 
of interstate school directors shall be elected by the interstate 
board from among its members at its first meeting following the 
annual meeting. The chairman shall preside at the meetings of 
the board and shall perform such other duties as the board may 
assign to him. 
"D. VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—^The vice-
chairman of the interstate board shall be elected in the same 
manner as the chairman. He shall represent a member district 
in a state other than that represented by the chairman. He shall 
preside in the absence of the chairman and shall perform such 
other duties as may be assigned to him by the interstate board. 
"E. SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.—^The secretary of the interstate 
board shall be elected in the same manner as the chairman. Instead 
of electing one of its members, the interstate board may appoint 
the interstate district clerk to serve as secretary of the board 
in addition to his other duties. The secretary of the interstate 
board, or the interstate district clerk, if so appointed, shall keep 
the minutes of its meetings, shall certify its records, and perform 
such other duties as may be assigned to him by the board. 
"F. MODERATOR.—The moderator shall preside at the district 
meetings, regulate the business thereof, decide questions of order, 
and make a public declaration of every vote passed. He may pre-
scribe rules of procedure; but such rules may be altered by the 
district. He may administer oaths to district officers in either state. 
Records. 
"G. CLERK.—^The clerk shall keep a true record of all proceed-
ings at each district meeting, shall certify its records, shall make 
an attested copy of any records of the district for any person 
upon request and tender of reasonable fees therefor, if so appointed, 
shall serve as secretary of the board of school directors, and shall 
perform such other duties as may be required by custom or law. 
"H. TREASURER.—^The treasurer shall have custody of all of 
the monies belonging to the district and shall pay out the same 
onlv upon the order of the interstate board. He shall keep a fair 
and accurate accoiuit of all sums received into and paid from 
the interstate district treasury, and at the close of each fiscal 
year he shall make a report to the interstate district, giving a 
particular account of all receipts and pajnnents during the year. 
He shall furnish to the interstate directors, statements from his 
books and submit his books and vouchers to them and to the 
district auditors for examination whenever so requested. He shall 
make all returns called for by laws relating to school districts. 
Before entering on his duties, the treasurer shall give a bond 
with sufficient sureties and in such sum as the directors may 
require. The treasurer's term of office is from July 1st to the 
following June 30th. 
"I. AUDITORS.—^At the organization meeting of the district, 3 
auditors shall be chosen, one to serve for a term of one year, 
one to serve for a term of 2 years and one to serve for a term 
of 3 years. After the expiration of each original term, the successor 
shall be chosen for a 3 year term. At least one auditor shall 
be a resident of Maine, and one auditor shall be a resident of 
New Hampshire. An interstate district may vote to employ a cer-
tified public accountant to assist the auditors in the performance 
of their duties. The auditors shall carefully examine the accounts 
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of the treasurer and the directors at the close of each fiscal year, 
and at such other times whenever necessary, and report to the 
district whether the same are correctly cast and properly vouched. 
"J. SUPERINTENDENT.—^The superintendent of scnools shall be 
selected by a msgority vote of the board of school directors of 
the interstate district with the approval of both commissioners. 
"K VACANCIES.—^Any vacancy among the elected officers of 
the district shall be filled by the interstate board until the next 
annual meeting of the district or other election, when a successor 
shall be elected to serve out the remtdnder of the imexpired term, 
if any. Until all vacancies on the interstate board are filled, the 
remaining members shall have full power to act. 
"ARTICLE VI 
"APPROPRIATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS 
"A BUDGET.—^Before each annual meeting, the interstate board Reports, 
shall prepare a report of expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, 
an estimate of expenditures for the current fiscal year, and a 
budget for the succeeding fiscal year. 
"B. APPROPRIATION.—^The interstate board of directors shall 
present the budget report at the annual meeting. The interstate 
district shall appropriate a sum of money for the support of its 
schools and for the discharge of its obligations for the ensuing 
fiscal year. 
"C. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATION.—Subject to the provi-
sions of article VII, the interstate board shall first apply against 
such appropriation any income to which the interstate district is 
entitled, and shall then apportion the balance among the member 
districts in accordance with one of the following formulas as deter-
mined by the articles of agreement as amended from time to time, 
"a. All of such balance to be apportioned on the basis 
of the ratio that the fair market value of the taxable property 
in each member district bears to that of the entire interstate 
district; or 
"b. All of such balance to be apportioned on the basis 
that the average daily resident membership for the preceding 
fiscal year of each member district bears to that of the average 
daily resident membership of the entire interstate school dis-
trict; or 
"c. A formula based on any combination of the foregoing 
factors. The term 'fair market value of taxable property* shall 
mean the last locally assessed valuation of a member district 
in New Hampshire, as last equalized by the New Hampshire 
commissioner of revenue administration. 
"The term 'fair market value of taxable property* shall 
mean the equalized grand list of a Maine member district, 
as determined by the Maine Bureau of Taxation. 
"Such assessed valuation and grand list may be further 
adjusted by elimination of certain types of taxable property 
from one or the other or otherwise, in accordance with the 
articles of agreement, in order that the fair market value of 
taxable property in each state shall be comparable. 
"Average daily resident membership of the interstate dis-
trict in the first instance shall be the sum of the average 
daily resident membership of the member districts in the grades 
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involved for the preceding fiscal year where no students were 
enrolled in the interstate district schools for such preceding 
fiscal year. 
"D. SHARE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMBER DISTRICT.—The inter-
state board shall certify the share of a New Hampshire member 
district of the total appropriation to the school board of each member 
district which shall add such sum to the amount appropriated 
by the member district itself for the ensuing year and raise such 
sum in the same manner as though the appropriation had been 
voted at a school district meeting of the member district. The 
interstate district shall not set up its own capital reserve funds; 
but a New Hampshire member district may set up a capital reserve 
fund in accordance with RSA 35, to be turned over to the interstate 
district in payment of the New Hampshire member district's share 
of any anticipated obligations. 
''E. SHARE OF MAINE MEMBER DISTRICT.—^The interstate board 
shall certify the share of a Maine member district of the total 
appropriation to the school board of each member district which 
shall add such sum to the amoimt appropriated by the member 
district itself for the ensuing year and raise such sum in the 
same manner as though the appropriation had been voted at a 
school district meeting of the member district. 
"ARTICLE VII 
"BORROWING 
"A. INTERSTATE DISTRICT INDEBTEDNESS.—Indebtedness of an 
interstate district shall be a general obligation of the district and 
shall be a joint and several general obligation of each member 
district, except that such obligations of the district and its member 
districts shall not be deemed indebtedness of any member district 
for the purposes of determining its borrowing capacity under Maine 
or New Hampshire law. A member district which withdraws from 
an interstate district shall remain liable for indebtedness of the 
interstate district which is outstanding at the time of withdrawal 
and shall be responsible for paying its share of such indebtedness 
to the same extent as though it had not withdrawn. 
"B. TEMPORARY BORROWING.—The interstate board may author-
ize the borrowing of money by the interstate district (1) in anticipa-
tion of pa3nments of operating and capital expenses by the member 
districts to the interstate £strict and (2) m anticipation of the 
issue of bonds or notes of the interstate district which have been 
authorized for Uie purpose of 
fineuicing 
capital projects. Such tem-
porary borrowing shall be evidenced by interest bearing or dis-
counted notes of the interstete district. The amount of notes issued 
in any fiscal year in anticipation of expense paymente shall not 
exceed the amount of such payments received by the interstate 
district in the preceding fiscal year. Notes issued under this para-
graph shall be payable within one year in the case of notes under 
clause (1) and 3 years in the case of notes under clause (2) from 
their respective dates, but the principal of and interest on notes 
issued for a shorter period may be renewed or paid from time 
to time by the issue of other notes, provided that the period from 
the date of an original note to the maturity of any note issued 
to renew or pay me same debt shall not exceed the maximum 
period permitted for the original loan. *
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"C. BORROWING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.—An interstate district 
may incur debt and issue its bonds or notes to finance capital 
projects. Such projects may consist of the acquisition or improve-
ment of land and buildings for school purposes, the construction, 
reconstruction, alteration or enlargement of school buildings and 
related school facilities, the acquisition of equipment of a Tasting 
character and the payment of judgments. No interstate district 
may authorize indebtedness in excess of 10 percent of the total 
fair market value of taxable property in its member districts as 
defined in article VI. The primary obligation of the interstate district 
to pay indebtedness of member districts shall not be considered 
indebtedness of the interstate district for the purpose of determining 
its borrowing capacity under this section. Bonds or notes issued 
under this section shall mature in equal or diminishing installments 
of principal payable at least annually commencing no later than 
2 years and ending not later than 30 years after their dates. 
"D. AUTHORIZATION.—^An interstate district shall authorize the 
incurring of debts to finance capital projects by a msuority vote 
of the cQstrict passed at an annual or special district meeting. 
Such vote shall be taken by secret ballot after full opportunity 
for debate, and any such vote shall be subject to reconsideration 
and further action by the district at the same meeting or at an 
adjourned session thereof. 
"E. SALE OF BONDS AND NOTES.—Bonds and notes which have 
been authorized imder this article may be issued from time to 
time and shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest 
at public or private sale by the chairman of the school board 
and by the treasurer. Interstate district bonds and notes shall 
be signed by the said officers, except that either one of the 2 
required signatures may be a facsimile. Subject to this compact 
and the authorizing vote, they shall be in such form, bear such 
rates of interest and mature at such times as the said officers 
may determine. Bonds shall, but notes need not, bear the seal 
of the interstate district, or a facsimile of such seal. Any bonds 
or notes of the interstate district which are properly executed by 
the said officers shall be valid and binding according to their terms 
notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof such officers may 
have ceased to be officers of the interstate district. 
"F. PROCEEDS OF BONDS.—^Any accrued interest received upon 
delivery of bonds or notes of an interstate district shall be applied 
to the payment of the first interest which becomes due thereon. 
The other proceeds of the sale of such bonds or notes, other than 
temporary notes, including any premiums, may be temporarily 
invested by the interstate district pending their expenditure; and 
such proceeds, including any income derived from the temporary 
investment of such proceeds, shall be used to pay the costs of 
issuing and marketing the bonds or notes and to meet the operating 
expenses or capital expenses in accordance with the purposes for 
which the bonds or notes were issued or, by proceedings taken 
in the manner required for the authorization of such debt, for 
other purposes for whidh such debt could be incurred. No purchaser 
of any bonds or notes of E
t
n interstate district shall be responsible 
in any way to see to the application of the proceeds thereof. 
"G. STATE AID PROGRAMS.—^As used in this section the term 
'initial aid' shall include New Hampshire and Maine financial assist-
ance with respect to a capital project, or the means of financing 
a capital project, which is available in connection with construction 
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costs of a capital project or which is available at the time indebted-
ness is incurred to finance the project. Without limiting the general-
ity of the foregoing definition, initial aid shall specificallv include 
a New Hampshire state guarantee under RSA 195-B with respect 
to bonds or notes and Maine construction aid under section 3457. 
As used in this section the term long-term aid' shall include New 
Hampshire and Maine financial assistance which is payable periodi-
cally in relation to capital costs incurred by an interstate district. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition, long-
term aid shall specifically include New Hampshu« school building 
aid under RSA 198 and Maine school building aid under section 
3457. For the purpose of applying for, receiving and expending 
initial aid and long-term aid an interstate district shall be deemed 
a native school district by each state, subject to the following 
provisions. When an interstate district has appropriated money 
for a capital project, the amount appropriated shall be divided 
into a Maine share and a New Hampshire share in accordance 
with the capital expense apportionment formula in the articles 
of agreement as though the total amoimt appropriated for the 
project was a capital expense requiring apportionment in the year 
the appropriation is made. New Hampshire initial aid shall be 
available with respect to the amount of the New Hampshire share 
as though it were authorized indebtedness of a New Hampshire 
cooperative school district. In the case of a state guarantee of 
interstate district bonds or notes under RSA 195-B, me interstate 
district shall be eligible to apply for and receive an unconditional 
state guarantee with respect to an amount of its bonds or notes 
which does not exceed 50 percent of the amount of the New Hamp-
shire share as determined above. Maine aid shall be available 
with respect to the amount of the Maine share as though it were 
funds voted by a Maine school district. Payments of Maine aid 
shall be made to the interstate district, and the amount of any 
borrowing authorized to meet the appropriation for the capittd 
project shall be reduced accordingly. New Hampshire and Maine 
long-term aid shall be payable to the interstate district. The 
amounts of long-term aid in each year shall be based on the New 
Hampshire and Maine shares of the amount of indebtedness of 
the interstate district which is payable in that yecu* and which 
has been apportioned in accordance with the capital expense appor-
tionment formula in the articles of agreement. The New Hampshire 
aid shall be payable at the rate of 45 percent if there are 3 
or less New Hampshire members in tlie interstate district, and 
otherwise it shall be payable as though the New Hampshire mem-
bers were a New Hampshire cooperative school district. New Hamp-
shire and Maine long-term aid shall be deducted from the total 
capital expenses for the fiscal year in which the long-term aid 
is payable, and the balance of such expenses shall be apportioned 
among the member districts. Notwithstanding the foregoing provi-
sions. New Hampshire and Maine may at any time change their 
state school aid programs that are in existence when this compact 
takes effect and may establish new programs, and anv legislation 
for these purposes may specify how such programs shall be applied 
with respect to interstate districts. 
"H. TAX EXEMPTION.—Bonds and notes of an interstate school 
district shall be exempt from local property taxes in both states, 
and the interest or discount thereon and any profit derived from 
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106 STAT. 3167 
the disposition thereof shedl be exempt from personal income taxes 
in both states. 
"ARTICLE VIII 
TAKING OVER OF EXISTING PROPERTY 
"A POWER TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY OF MEMBER DISTRICT.— 
The articles of agreement, or an amendment thereof, may provide 
for the acquisition by an interstate district from a member district 
of all or a part of its existing plant and equipment. 
"B. VALUATION.—^The articles of agreement, or the amendment, 
shall provide for the determination of the value of the property 
to be acquired in one or more of the following ways: 
"a. A valuation set forth in the articles of agreement or 
the amendment. 
"h. By appraisal, in which case, one appraiser shall be 
appointed by each commissioner, and a third appraiser 
appointed by the first 2 appraisers. 
"C. REIMBURSEMENT TO MEMBER DISTRICT.—The articles of 
agreement shall specify the method by which the member district 
shall be reimbursed bv the interstate district for the property taken 
over, in one or more of the following ways: 
"a. By one lump sum, appropriated, allocated and raised 
by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropria-
tion for operating expenses. 
"h. In installments over a period of not more than 20 
years, each of which is appropriated, allocated and raised by 
the interstate district in tne same manner as an appropriation 
for operating expenses. 
c. By £ui agreement to assume or reimburse the member 
district for all principal and interest on any outstanding indebt-
edness ori^naily incurred by the member district to finance 
the acquisition and improvement of the property, each such 
installment to be appropriated, allocated and raised b^ the 
interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation 
for operating expenses. 
The member district transferring the property shall have the 
same obligation to pay to the interstate (ustrict its share of the 
cost of such acquisition, but may offset its right to reimbursement. 
"ARTICLE IX 
"AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT 
"A. Amendments to the articles of agreement may be adopted 
in the same manner provided for the adoption of the original articles 
of agreement, except that: 
"a. Unless the amendment calls for the addition of a new 
member district, the functions of the planning committee shall 
be carried out by the interstate district board of directors, 
"b. If the amendment proposes the addition of a new mem-
ber district, the planning committee shall consist of all the 
members of the mterstate board and all of the members of 
the school board of the proposed new member district or dis-
tricts. In such case the amendment shall be submitted to the 
voters at an interstate district meeting, at which tm affirmative 
vote of % of those present and voting shall be required. The 
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articles of agreement together with the proposed amendment 
shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed new member 
district at a meeting thereof, at which a simple majority of 
those present and voting shall be required. 
"c. In all cases an amendment may be adopted on the 
part of an interstate district upon the affirmative vote of voters 
thereof at a meeting voting as one body. Except where the 
amendment proposes the aomission of a new member district, 
a simple majority of those present and voting shall be required 
for adoption. 
"d. No amendment to the articles of agreement may impair 
the rights of bond or note holders or the power of the interstate 
district to procure the means for their pajonent. 
"ARTICLE X 
"APPLICABILITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LAWS 
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A
. GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS.—With respect to the operation 
and maintenance of any school of the district located in New Hamp-
shire, New Hampshire law shall apply except as otherwise provided 
in this compact and except that the powers and duties of the 
school board shall be exercised and discharged by the interstate 
board and the powers and duties of the union superintendent shall 
be exercised and discharged by the interstate district superintend-
ent. 
"B. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE AID.—A New Hampshire school 
district shall be entitled to receive an amount of state aid for 
operating expenditures as though its share of the interstate dis-
trict's expenses were the expenses of the New Hampshire member 
district, and as though the New Hampshire member district pupils 
attending the interstate school were attending a New Hampshire 
cooperative school district's school. The state aid shall be paid 
to the New Hampshire member school district to reduce the sums 
which would otherwise be required to be raised by taxation within 
the member district. 
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C
. CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEMBER 
SCHOOL DISTRICT.—^A New Hampshire member school district shall 
continue in existence, and shall have all of the powers and be 
subject to all of the obligations imposed by law and not herein 
delegated to the interstate district. If the interstate district incor-
porates only a part of the schools in the member school district, 
then the school board of the member school district shall continue 
in existence and it shall have all of the powers and be subject 
to all of the obligations imposed by law on it and not herein 
delegated to the district. However, if all of the schools in the 
member school district are incorporated into the interstate school 
district, then the member or members of the interstate board rep-
resenting the member district shall have all of the powers and 
be subject to all of the obligations imposed by law on the members 
of a school board for the member district and not herein delegated 
to the interstate district. The New Hampshire member school dis-
trict shall remain liable on its existing indebtedness; and the inter-
state school district shall not become liable therefor, imless the 
indebtedness is specifically assumed in accordance with the articles 
of agreement. Any trust funds or capital reserve funds and any 
property not taken over by the interstate district shall be retained 
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106 STAT. 3169 
by the New Hampshire member district and held or disposed of 
according to law. If all of the schools in a member district are 
incorporated into an interstate district, then no annual meeting 
of the member district shall be required imless the members of 
the interstate board from the member district shall determine that 
there is occasion for such an annual meeting. 
"D. SUIT AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.—The Courts. 
courts of New Hampshire shall have the same jurisdiction over 
the district as though a New Hampshire member district were 
a party instead of the interstate district. The service necessary 
to institute suit in New Hampshire shall be made on the district 
by leaving a copy of the writ or other proceedings in hand or 
at the last usual place of abode of one of the directors who resides 
in New Hampshire, and by mailing a like copy to the clerk and 
to one other director by certified mail with return receipt requested. 
**E. EMPLOYMENT.—Each employee of an interstate district 
assigned to a school located in New Hampshire shall be considered 
an employee of a New Hampshire school district for the purpose 
of the New Hampshire teachers retirement system, the New Hamp-
shire state employees retirement system, the New Hampshire work-
men's compensation law and any other law relating to the regulation 
of employment or the provision of benefits for employees of New 
Hampshire school districts except as follows: 
"a. A teacher in a New Hampshire member district may 
elect to remain a member of the New Hampshire retirement 
system, even though assigned to teach in an interstate school 
in Maine. 
'1t>. Employees of interstate districts designated as profes-
sional or instructional staff members, as defined in article 
I, may elect to participate in the teachers retirement system 
of either the State of New Hampshire or the State of Maine 
but in no case will they participate in both retirement systems 
simultaneously. 
"c. It shall be the duty of the superintendent in an inter-
state district to: 
''(1) advise teachers and other professional 
staff 
employees contracted for the district about the terms of 
the contract and the policies and procedures of the retire-
ment systems; 
"(2) see that each teacher or professional stafiT employee 
selects the retirement system of his choice at the time 
his contract is signed; 
"(3) provide the commissioners of education in New 
Hampshire and in Maine with the names and other perti-
nent information regarding each staff member imder his 
jurisdiction so that each may be enrolled in the retirement 
system of his preference. 
"ARTICLE XI 
"APPLICABILITY OF MAINE LAWS 
"A. GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS.—With respect to the operation 
and maintenance of any school of the district located in Maine, 
the provisions of Maine law shall apply except as otherwise provided 
in this compact and except that the powers and duties of the 
school board shall be exercised and discharged by the interstate 
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board and the powers and duties of the superintendent shall be 
exercised and discharged by the interstate district superintendent. 
"B. MAINE STATE AID.—A Maine school district shall be entitled 
to receive such amount of state aid for operating expenditures 
as though its share of the interstate district's expenses were the 
expenses of the Maine member district, and as though the Maine 
member district pupils attending the interstate schools were attend-
ing a Maine imit. Such state aid shall be paid to the Maine member 
school district to reduce the simis which would otherwise be 
required to be raised by taxation within the member district. 
"C. CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF MAINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.—A 
Maine school district shall continue in existence, and shall have 
all of the powers and be subject to all of the obligations imposed 
by law and not herein delegated to the interstate district. If the 
interstate district incorporates only a part of the schools in the 
member school district, then the school board of the member school 
districts shall continue in existence and it shall have all of the 
powers and be subject to all of the obligations imposed by law 
on it and not herein delegated to the district. However, if all 
of the schools in the member school district are incorporated into 
the interstate school district, then the member or members of 
the interstate board representing the member district shall have 
all of the powers and be subject to all of the obligations imposed 
by law on the members of a school board for the member district 
and not herein delegated to the interstate district. The Maine 
member school district shall remain liable on its existing indebted-
ness; and the interstate school district shall not become liable 
therefor. Any trust funds and any property not taken over shall 
be retained by the Maine member school district and held or dis-
posed of according to law. 
"D. SUIT AND SERVICE OF PROCESS IN MAINE.—The courts of 
Maine shsdl have the same jurisdiction over the districts as though 
a Maine member district were a party instead of the interstate 
district. The service necessary to institute suit in Maine shall 
be made on the district by leaving a copy of the writ or other 
proceedings in hand or at the last and usual place of abode of 
one of the directors who resides in Maine, and oy mailing a like 
copy to the clerk and to one other director by certified mail with 
return receipt requested. 
"£. EMPLOYMENT.—^Each employee of an interstate district 
assigned to a school located in Maine shall be considered an 
employee of a Maine school district for the purpose of the state 
retirement system, the Maine workmen's compensation law, and 
any other laws relating to the regulation of emplojrment or the 
provision of benefits for employees of Maine school districts except 
as follows: 
"a. A teacher in a Maine member district may elect to 
remain a member of the state retirement system of Maine, 
even though assigned to teach in an interstate school in New 
Hampshire. 
nb. Employees of interstate districts designated as profes-
sional or instructional staff members, as defined in article 
I, may elect to participate in the state retirement system of 
the State of Maine or the teachers retirement system of the 
State of New Hampshire but in no case will they participate 
in both retirement systems simultaneously. 
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106 STAT. 3171 
"c. It shall be the duty of the superintendent in an inter-
state district to: 
"(1) advise teachers and other professional staff 
employees conti^cted for the district about the terms of 
the contract and the policies and procedures of the retire-
ment system; 
''(2) see that each teacher or professional staff employee 
selects the retirement system of his choice at the time 
his contract is signed; 
**i3) provide the commissioners of education in New 
Hampshire and in Maine with the names and other perti-
nent information regarding each staff member under his 
jurisdiction so that each may be enrolled in the retirement 
system of his preference. 
"ARTICLE XII 
"MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
"A STUDIES.—Insofar as practicable, the studies required by 
the laws of both states shall be offered in an interstate school 
district. 
"B. TEXTBOOKS.—^Textbooks and scholar's supplies shall be pro-
vided at the expense of the interstate district for pupils attending 
its schools. 
"C. TRANSPORTATION.—The allocation of the cost of transpor-
tation in an interstate school district, as between the interstate 
district and the member districts, shall be determined by the articles 
of agreement. 
"D. LOCATION OF SCHOOLHOUSES.—In any case where a new 
schoolhouse or other school facility is to be constructed or acquired, 
the interstate board shall first determine whether it shall be located 
in New Hampshire or in Maine. If it is to be located in New 
Hampshire, RSA 199, relating to schoolhouses, shall apply. If it 
is to be located in Maine, the Maine law relating to schoolhouses 
shall apply. 
"E. FISCAL YEAR.—^The fiscal year of each interstate district 
shall begin on July 1st of each year and end on June 30th of 
the following year. 
"F. IMMUNITY FROM TORT LIABIUTY.—Notwithstanding the fact 
that an interstate district may derive income from operating profit, 
fees, rentals, and other services, it shall be immune from suit 
and fr^m liability for ii\jury to persons or propertv and for other 
torts caused by it or its agents, servants or independent contractors, 
except insofar as it may have liability under RSA 281, relating 
to workmen's compensation or may have undertaken such liability 
under RSA 412:3 relating to the procurement of liability insurance 
by a governmental agency and except insofar as it may have under-
taken such liability under Maine laws relating to workmen's com-
pensation or Maine laws relating to the procurement of liability 
insurance by a governmental agency. 
"G. ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS OF 
EDUCATION.—^The commissioners of education of New Hampshire 
and Maine may enter into one or more administrative agreements 
prescribing the relationship between the interstate districts, mem-
ber districts, and each of the 2 state departments of education, 
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in which any conflicts between the 2 states in procedure, regula-
tions, and administrative practices may be resolved. 
"H. AMENDMENTS.—^Neither state shall amend its legislation 
or any agreement authorized thereby without the consent of the 
other in such manner as to substantially adversely affect the rights 
of the other state or its people hereunder, or as to substantially 
impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes or other 
evidences of mdebtedness then outstanding or the rights of an 
interstate school district to procure the means for payment thereof. 
Subject to the foregoing, any reference herein to other statutes 
of either state shall refer to such statute as it may be amended 
or revised from time to time. 
"L SEPARABILITY.—^If any of the provisions of this compact, 
or legislation enabling the same, shall be held invalid or unconstitu-
tional in relation to any of the applications thereof, such invalidity 
or unconstitutionality shall not affect other applications thereof 
or other provisions thereof; and to tJiis end the provisions of this 
compact are declared to be severable. 
"J. INCONSISTENCY OF LANGUAGE.—The vahdity of this compact 
shall not be affected by any insubstantial differences in its form 
or language as adopted by the 2 states. 
"ARTICLE XIII 
"EFFECTIVE DATE 
"A This compact shall become effective when a bill of the 
Maine general assembly which incorporates the compact becomes 
a law in Maine and when it is approved by the United States 
Congress.". 
Approved October 24, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4841: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-874 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
Sept. 22, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 2, considered and passed Senate.