Section 8226 - [See Note] Discipline; adverse actions(a) Nothing in this Compact shall be deemed or construed to limit the authority of a member state to investigate or impose disciplinary measures on teachers according to the state practice laws thereof.(b) Member states shall be authorized to receive, and shall provide, files and information regarding the investigation and discipline, if any, of teachers in other member states upon request. Any member state receiving such information or files shall protect and maintain the security and confidentiality thereof, in at least the same manner that it maintains its own investigatory or disciplinary files and information. Prior to disclosing any disciplinary or investigatory information received from another member state, the disclosing state shall communicate its intention and purpose for such disclosure to the member state which originally provided that information.Added by Laws 2023, ch. 395,s 1, eff. .Section 2 of the 2024 enacting legiislation provides that this subchapter takes effect upon the enactment of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact by the tenth state. The Secretary of the Department of Education shall provide notice published in the Register of Regulations that the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact has been adopted by 10 states.