1. A. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation shall have authority to develop and administer training for residency committees and training for professional development through professional development institutes. Professional development institutes shall be accepted by of the State Board of Education for professional development purposes and shall be defined as continuing education experiences which consist of a minimum of thirty (30) clock hours. The institutes shall be competency-based, emphasize effective learning practices, require collaboration among participants, and require each participant to prepare a work product which can be utilized in the classroom by the participant. Any state professional development institutes administered by the Commission shall be chosen through a competitive bid process and if funds are available subject to peer review. The Commission, prior to offering any professional development institute, shall promulgate rules related to administering state professional development institutes.
2. B. With the funds appropriated in House Bill No. 1872 of the 1st Session of the 46th Oklahoma Legislature specifically for the purpose of funding professional development institutes intensive elementary reading, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation shall develop, offer and administer professional development institutes to train elementary reading, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation shall develop, offer and administer professional development institutes to train elementary school teachers in reading education. The funds shall be used for the cost of developing, The institutes shall be offered by or through the Commission. Working in conjunction with the State Department of Education, the Commission shall develop a state plan for administration of such institutes and shall report to the Governor and the legislature on the format of and participation in the institutes. The State Department of Education shall cooperate with and provide any information requested to the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. As additional funds become available for such purpose, the Commission shall develop and offer professional development institutes in mathematics for teachers in grades five through nine, the use of technology in the classroom training of residency committee members in teacher mentoring and in hands-on inquiry-based science for elementary teachers.

3. C. Subject to the availability of funds, the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation shall:

   1. 1. Make available in Fiscal Year 1999, a three-day follow-up professional development institute for teachers who participated in an elementary school reading professional development institute during Fiscal Year 1998.
   2. 2. Provide five-day initial professional development institutes in elementary school reading for elementary school teachers and instructional leaders; and
   3. 3. Contract for an independent evaluation of the elementary school reading professional development institute.

Laws 1995, HB 1549, c. 322, § 21, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1559, c. 344, § 8, emerg. eff. June 9, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1997, HB 2017, c. 349, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1997, SB 398, c. 356, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1998, HB 3348, c. 5, § 24, emerg. eff. March 4, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2878, c. 332, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available).