No Cost Educational Resources Act 2016-09-28 Introduced in House No Cost Educational Resources Act

This bill amends the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 to modify the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program.

Specifically, it expands the purposes of the grant program to include providing funds for open educational reading material courses. Additionally, the bill authorizes the Institute of Museum and Library Service to award grants to institutions of higher education to facilitate the adoption, adaption, and creation of open educational reading materials, and to establish more open educational reading material courses.

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