The 10 states that are not part of the interstate agreement are Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Mr. Chafee is the first governor to deny a request for custody from the federal government since the interstate agreement was passed in 1970.
Arkansas will be allowed 10 years to reduce the flow of phosphorous into the Illinois River basin of Oklahoma under an interstate agreement announced by Gov. Mike Huckabee.
The new measure to broaden hiring from out-of-state is restricted to teachers who are licensed by states and territories that have signed an interstate agreement that defines some of the qualifications that are necessary to obtain a teaching license.
Almost exactly 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill creating an interstate agreement for emergency management.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) has promised to sign the legislation committing his state to the interstate agreement.
As an alternative, teachers with credentials in states that are in compliance with the curriculum requirements set by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification Interstate Agreement usually do not have to submit to additional testing in order to receive teacher certification in Alabama.
The government intends to invest the money from the agreement into other strategic infrastructure, but in contrast to similar interstate port agreements, Giles provided no details on Tuesday.
Officials in Georgia have denied financial assistance and officials in San Francisco have been slow to provide access to government services for the neglected children after Judge Whitfield declined to use an interstate transfer agreement that would have qualified them for support.
Bobby Parnell, director of child advocacy at Justice for Children in Houston, estimated that 10 to 15 percent of the cases did not go through the interstate-transfer agreement.
