3.0.0 1464 2022-02-03T06:04:03Z 2022-02-03T06:04:03Z House H HR 2009-03-12 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2009-05-14T14:37:58Z Referred to 2009-03-12T14:04:43Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy14 Research Subcommittee Referred to 2009-03-17T20:26:54Z Referred to 2009-03-12T14:04:42Z 2009-05-14 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Committee 2009-03-17 hssy14 Research Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Committee 2009-03-12 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-03-12 Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-12 Referred to House Science and Technology IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2009-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14] Bill Foster D IL 14 N Science, Technology, Communications Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Government information and archives Higher education Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs Science, Technology, Communications 00 2009-03-12 Introduced in House 2009-06-24T21:10:01Z Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 - Requires each federal agency that expends more than $10 million in a fiscal year on scientific education and outreach to use at least 2% of such funds for collaboration on the development and implementation of open source materials as an educational outreach effort.

Directs such agencies, under the joint guidance of the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Secretary of Energy (DOE), to collaborate with each other or with any federally supported laboratory or university-based research program to develop, implement, and establish procedures for checking the veracity, accuracy, and educational effectiveness of open source materials that: (1) contain a comprehensive set of textbooks or other educational materials covering topics in college-level physics, chemistry, or math; (2) such agencies post on a Federal Open Source Material Website, which shall be available to the public without charge; (3) are updated prior to each academic year with the latest research and information ; and (4) are free of copyright violations.

Requires the Director and the Secretary to award joint grants to eligible entities to: (1) develop and implement such open source materials; and (2) evaluate and report to the Director and Secretary on the materials produced.

]]> Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 Display Title Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To require Federal agencies to collaborate in the development of freely-available open source educational materials in college-level physics, chemistry, and math, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1464ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1464ih.xml 2009-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.