§ 21-24-110 — Powers and duties of the interstate commission

Wyoming § 21-24-110

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 21: Education
• Ch. 24: MILITARY STUDENTS AND STUDENTS OF MILITARY
• Art. 1: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON STUDENTS OF MILITARY FAMILIES

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(a) The interstate commission shall have the following
powers:
(i) To provide for dispute resolution among member
states;
(ii) To promulgate rules and take all necessary
actions to effect the goals, purposes and obligations as
enumerated in this compact;
(iii) To issue, upon request of a member state,
advisory opinions concerning the meaning or interpretation of
the interstate compact, its bylaws, rules and actions;
(iv) To enforce compliance with the compact
provisions, the rules promulgated by the interstate commission,
and the bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including
but not limited to the use of judicial process;
(v) To establish and maintain offices which shall be
located within one (1) or more of the member states;
(vi) To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds;
(vii) To borrow, accept, hire or contract for
services of personnel;
(viii) To establish and appoint committees including,
but not limited to, an executive committee as required by W.S.
21-24-111, which shall have the power to act on behalf of the
interstate commission in carrying out its powers and duties
hereunder;
(ix) To elect or appoint such officers, attorneys,
employees, agents or consultants and to fix their compensation,
define their duties and determine their qualifications and to
establish the interstate commission's personnel policies and
programs relating to conflicts of interest, rates of
compensation and qualifications of personnel;
(x) To accept any and all donations and grants of
money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, and to
receive, utilize and dispose of it;
(xi) To lease, purchase, accept contributions or
donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use any
property, real, personal or mixed;
(xii) To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease,
exchange, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property, real,
personal or mixed;
(xiii) To establish a budget and make expenditures;
(xiv) To adopt a seal and bylaws governing the
management and operation of the interstate commission;
(xv) To report annually to the legislatures,
governors, judiciary and state councils of the member states
concerning the activities of the interstate commission during
the preceding year. Such reports shall also include any
recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate
commission;
(xvi) To coordinate education, training and public
awareness regarding the compact, its implementation and
operation for officials and parents involved in such activity;
(xvii) To establish uniform standards for the
reporting, collecting and exchanging of data;
(xviii) To maintain corporate books and records in
accordance with the bylaws;
(xix) To perform such functions as may be necessary
or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact;
(xx) To provide for the uniform collection and
sharing of information between and among member states, schools
and military families under this compact.