(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Trustees of the California State University and any school district or community college district may enter into an agreement for the exchange of personnel between the state university and the district.

(b) The governing board of any school district, or community college district, a county board of education, or the State Department of Education may execute a contract with any California teacher-training institution whereby certificated personnel of the school district, county, or the State Department of Education may be assigned to the teacher-training institution for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.

(c) Any teacher-training institution in California may execute a contract with the governing board of any school district, or community college district, a county board of education, or the State Board of Education whereby certificated personnel of the institution may be assigned to school districts, community college districts, county boards of education, or the State Department of Education for full-time or part-time duty for a period not to exceed one year.

(d) Any such contract shall provide for the payment, by the entity to which a person is assigned to the employer, of a sum equivalent to the salary and other employment costs of the employee. In place of that payment, the contract may provide for the exchange of certificated personnel between the district, county, or State Department of Education and the teacher-training institution. Any such employee shall retain his or her status as an employee of the school district, community college district, county, State Department of Education, or teacher-training institution from which he or she is assigned in all respects during the period of the assignment.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 71.)