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An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Educators between School Administrative Units and the Department of Education
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.