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 36 months. For the purposes of this section, "educator" means a teacher, principal or other education professional employed by a school administrative unit.   [PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. U, §1 (AMD).]