1. A. Beginning with the 1997-98 school year, the State Board of Education shall award scholarships to public school districts who wish to have teachers and administrators from certain school sites attend the Great Expectations Summer Institutes for Teachers offered by an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Any school district applying for a scholarship for teachers and administrators from a school site which is currently, or has been identified as a school in need of improvement pursuant to the provisions of Section 1210.541 of this title for any of the previous three (3) school years, shall be given priority for receipt of such scholarship. Scholarships shall be awarded based on the amount of funds allocated to the State Department of Education for such purpose.
2. B. The State Board of Education shall develop criteria for scholarship awards and shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the process by which the scholarships shall be awarded.

Laws 1997, HB 1336, c. 335, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 843, c. 156, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2013, HB 1385, c. 83, § 11, emerg. eff. July 1, 2013 (superseded document available).