Bill Text: IA SF433 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing requirements relating to the use and identification of open educational resources by postsecondary educational institutions and requiring exploration and action on opportunities to reduce education resources costs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Quirmbach, and Zaun. S.J. 485. [SF433 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF433-Introduced.html
Senate
File
433
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
433
BY
QUIRMBACH
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
LYKAM
,
WAHLS
,
DOTZLER
,
KINNEY
,
CELSI
,
J.
SMITH
,
JOCHUM
,
PETERSEN
,
and
BOLKCOM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
requirements
relating
to
the
use
1
and
identification
of
open
educational
resources
by
2
postsecondary
educational
institutions
and
requiring
3
exploration
and
action
on
opportunities
to
reduce
education
4
resources
costs.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
60.
In
collaboration
with
and
on
behalf
3
of
the
community
colleges,
explore
and
act
on
opportunities
4
to
negotiate
site
licenses
or
other
discounted
group
access
5
to
educational
resources
that
result
in
cost
savings
to
the
6
community
colleges
or
to
community
college
students.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
8
following
new
subsection:
9
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
25.
Identify
the
courses
that
will
utilize
10
open
educational
resources
where
the
community
college
provides
11
information
or
mechanisms
for
course
registration,
which
12
may
be
on
the
internet.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“open
13
educational
resources”
means
materials
used
to
support
education
14
that
are
in
the
public
domain
or
are
under
an
open
license
and
15
that
may
be
freely
accessed,
reused,
modified,
and
shared,
16
including
but
not
limited
to
instructional
materials,
course
17
syllabi,
and
textbooks.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
261.2,
subsection
11,
Code
2019,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
11.
Require
any
postsecondary
institution
whose
students
21
are
eligible
for
or
who
receive
financial
assistance
under
22
programs
administered
by
the
commission
to
transmit
do
all
of
23
the
following:
24
a.
Transmit
annually
to
the
commission
information
about
the
25
numbers
of
minority
students
enrolled
in
and
minority
faculty
26
members
employed
at
the
institution.
The
commission
shall
27
compile
and
report
the
information
collected
to
the
general
28
assembly,
the
governor,
and
the
legislative
services
agency
by
29
March
1
annually.
30
b.
Identify
the
courses
that
will
utilize
open
educational
31
resources,
as
defined
in
section
260C.14,
subsection
25,
where
32
the
institution
provides
information
or
mechanisms
for
course
33
registration,
which
may
be
on
the
internet.
34
Sec.
4.
Section
262.9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
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following
new
subsection:
1
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39.
Direct
each
institution
of
higher
2
learning
under
its
control
to
identify
the
courses
that
will
3
utilize
open
educational
resources,
as
defined
in
section
4
260C.14,
subsection
25,
where
the
institution
provides
5
information
or
mechanisms
for
course
registration,
which
may
6
be
on
the
internet.
In
addition,
direct
each
institution
to
7
explore
and
act
on
opportunities
to
negotiate
site
licenses
or
8
other
discounted
group
access
to
educational
resources
that
9
result
in
cost
savings
to
the
institution
or
its
students.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
establishes
requirements
relating
to
the
use
14
and
identification
of
open
educational
resources
by
Iowa’s
15
postsecondary
institutions.
16
Community
colleges,
postsecondary
institutions
whose
17
students
receive
financial
assistance
administered
by
the
18
college
student
aid
commission,
and
regents
universities
19
are
directed
to
identify
the
courses
that
will
utilize
20
open
educational
resources,
where
the
institution
provides
21
information
on
mechanisms
for
course
registration,
which
may
22
be
on
the
internet.
Open
educational
resources
are
defined
23
as
materials
used
to
support
education
that
are
in
the
public
24
domain
or
are
under
an
open
license
and
that
may
be
freely
25
accessed,
reused,
modified,
and
shared,
including
but
not
26
limited
to
instructional
materials,
course
syllabi,
and
27
textbooks.
28
In
addition,
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
is
29
directed
to
collaborate
with
the
community
colleges
to
explore
30
and
act
on
opportunities
to
negotiate
access
to
educational
31
resources
that
result
in
savings
to
the
community
colleges
or
32
their
students.
The
state
board
of
regents
is
also
required
33
to
direct
each
regents
university
to
explore
and
act
on
such
34
opportunities.
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