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By: Turner of Tarrant, et al. |
H.B. No. 3652 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Creighton, West) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2019; |
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May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a state repository for open educational |
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resources by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0670 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0670. STATE REPOSITORY OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL |
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RESOURCES. (a) In this section, "open educational resource" has |
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the meaning assigned by Section 51.451. |
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(b) The board shall contract with a high-quality open |
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educational resource repository to develop and maintain a web |
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portal customized to meet the needs of individual institutions of |
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higher education, students, and others who may benefit from access |
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to open educational resources. |
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(c) Open educational resources available through the portal |
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must be searchable by course or learning outcome, program or field |
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of study, marketable skills, college readiness, and other topics as |
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determined by the board. |
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(d) The portal must provide access to repositories |
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maintaining a wide range of open educational resources, including |
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textbooks, full courses, course materials, modules, images, |
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videos, assessment software, and any other tools, materials, or |
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techniques used to support learning. |
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(e) Resources developed with state funds shall be made |
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available under a Creative Commons license and submitted for use as |
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an open educational resource through a repository available through |
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the portal. A publisher may submit instructional materials for |
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inclusion in a repository available through the portal. |
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(f) The board may request the assistance of the Learning |
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Technology Advisory Committee to establish, maintain, and market |
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the web portal required under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board shall develop the web portal |
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required under Section 61.0670, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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