3.0.0 1714 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z Senate S S 2009-09-24 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-09-24T22:58:57Z Open College Textbook Act of 2010 111 4575 HR 2010-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2009-09-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9850-9851) IntroReferral 2009-09-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9850) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 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 2009-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-03T22:24:31Z Open College Textbook Act of 2009 - 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 2009 Display Title Open College Textbook Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize grants for the creation, update, or adaption of open textbooks, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Open College Textbook Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1714is/xml/BILLS-111s1714is.xml 2009-09-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9850-9851) 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.