[Open-education] Oregon (US) OER Bill

Wed Apr 29 20:27:58 UTC 2015

FYI - there is an OER bill "in play" in Oregon.

House Bill 2871A (attached) is now in the Oregon State Legislature Ways &
Means committee and could be funded by July 1, 2015.

The bill:

   - Establishes Open Educational Resources Grant Program within Higher
   Education Coordinating Commission.
   - Requires commission, subject to availability of funds, to award grants
   on competitive basis to public universities, community colleges or
   consortia of public universities and community colleges to promote use of
   open educational resources.
   - Requires commission to employ open educational resource specialist to
   collaborate with public universities and community colleges in fostering
   use of open educational resources.
   - Appropriates moneys to commission: US$1.1M
   - Requires public universities and community colleges to prominently
   designate courses whose course materials consist exclusively of open or
   free textbooks or low-cost or no-cost course materials.
   - Requires commission to coordinate with public universities and
   community colleges to identify open educational resources to be adopted as
   primary instructional material for at least 30 courses.
   - Requires commission to submit report to Legislative Assembly on status
   of implementing open resources provisions by December 1, 2015.

Bill: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB2871

Oregon Community College Association article about the bill:
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e4b81c7b6dc04ec83a598ac18&id=dc65c66ad0&e=b0bfb60d1a

Go Oregon!

Cable

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