1.  Each member of the Task Force must:

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(a) Be a licensed teacher or an education support professional with at least 5 consecutive years of experience teaching or serving as an education support professional, as applicable, in a public school in this State;

(b) Be currently employed as a teacher or an education support professional and actively teaching or serving as an education support professional, as applicable, in a public school in this State, and remain employed as a teacher or an education support professional, as applicable, in a public school in this State for the duration of the member’s term; and

(c) Not be currently serving on any other education-related board, commission, council, task force or similar governmental entity.

2.  On or before December 1, 2023, the Department shall prescribe a uniform application for a teacher or an education support professional to use to apply to serve on the Task Force.

3.  A teacher or an education support professional who wishes to serve on the Task Force must submit an application prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education on or before January 15 of an even-numbered year. On or before February 15 of each even-numbered year, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Education shall select one or more teachers or education support professionals, as applicable, to serve as a member of the Task Force.