88R17611 TBO-D
 
  By: Howard H.R. No. 1011
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Division of Digital Learning at the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board has received the 2022 Open Policy
  Award from Open Education Global; and
         WHEREAS, Each year, Open Education Global honors individuals
  and initiatives for their contributions to the open education
  community; the Open Policy award recognizes a program that helps
  create, adopt, and implement legislation that promotes access to
  educational resources and supports the public good; and
         WHEREAS, The Division of Digital Learning has played an
  instrumental role in implementing polices and practices to help
  connect Texas students and faculty with digital learning services;
  the organization's many initiatives include the OERTX Repository, a
  public digital library of open educational resources that allows
  users across the state to develop, share, and access instructional
  materials at little to no cost; Digital Learning is also working
  with OpenStax at Rice University to develop a free nursing
  curriculum, and it hosts various workshops and courses for faculty
  and staff in the field of open education; and
         WHEREAS, Open educational resources help ensure that all
  students have access to the tools they need to build bright futures,
  and the Division of Digital Learning is indeed deserving of special
  recognition for its contributions to this important cause; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate the Division of Digital Learning on
  receiving the 2022 Open Policy Award from Open Education Global and
  extend to all those associated with the organization sincere best
  wishes for continued success in their important work; and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for the Division of Digital Learning as an expression of
  high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.