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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Educators between School Administrative Units and the Department of Education’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3003, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1967, c. 266, is amended to read:
TheExcept as provided in section 3003-A, the period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shallmay not exceed 12 months, nor shallmay any person be assigned or detailed for more than 12 months during any 36-month period. Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shallmay not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.
Sec. 2.  5 MRSA §3003-A  is enacted to read:
§ 3003-A. Educator interchange program; period of assignment
The period of an individual assignment of an educator under an interchange program, authorized under section 3003, between the educator's school administrative unit as the sending agency and the Department of Education as the receiving agency may not exceed 24 months nor may any educator be assigned under such an interchange program for more than 24 months during any 36-month period. For the purposes of this section, "educator" means a teacher, principal or other education professional employed by a school administrative unit.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. The amendment provides for a maximum period of an employee interchange assignment of 24 months in any 36-month period for an educator participating in an interchange program between the educator's school administrative unit and the Department of Education. The amendment creates an exception to the provision of law governing interchange programs, which establishes a maximum period of 12 months in any 36-month period.