Subd. 1. Eligibility.

A person holding a license and contract to teach in a Minnesota public school and assigned by the employing district to teach elsewhere is an exchange teacher.

Subd. 2. Teacher assignment.

Any district is authorized to assign a teacher for service elsewhere than in the employing district in exchange for a teacher with qualifications satisfactory to the commissioner.

Subd. 3. Teacher rights retained.

The exchange teacher shall retain all rights in the employing district as though teaching in that district.