3.0.0 4575 2023-01-11T13:16:38Z 2023-01-11T13:16:38Z House H HR 2010-02-02 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2010-02-23T15:25:27Z Referred to 2010-02-02T17:30:50Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-02-02T17:30:51Z Open College Textbook Act of 2009 111 1714 S 2009-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9850-9851) Related bill CRS 2010-02-23 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Committee 2010-02-02 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-02-02 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 2010-02-02 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 N Education Books and print media Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Higher education Intellectual property Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2010-02-02 Introduced in House 2010-02-04T17:39:56Z Open College Textbook Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive one-year grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), professors from IHEs, and producers of open textbooks to create or update open textbooks, or adapt textbooks into open formats, for postsecondary coursework. (Open textbooks are defined as college textbooks or course materials in electronic format that are licensed under an open license, which is an irrevocable intellectual property license that grants the public the right to access, customize, and distribute copyrighted material.)

Requires such textbooks to be posted on an easily accessible and interoperable website and made available to the public free of charge.

Directs the Secretary to develop a peer review and evaluation process to ensure that these textbooks are of the highest quality, accurate in content, and meet or exceed market quality and accessibility standards.

Requires all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educational materials created through federal grants to be licensed under an open license, posted on an easily accessible and interoperable website, and made available to the public free of charge.

Expresses the sense of Congress that IHEs should encourage professors to consider open textbooks within the generally accepted principles of academic freedom which give faculty the right and responsibility to select pedagogically appropriate coursework.

]]> Open College Textbook Act of 2010 Display Title Open College Textbook Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Open College Textbook Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4575ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4575ih.xml 2010-02-23 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.