Bill Text: OR HB4058 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to higher education textbooks; and prescribing an effective date.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Chapter 95, (2012 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2012. [HB4058 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HB4058-Amended.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

HA to HB 4058

LC 284/HB 4058-2

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 4058

                By COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

                           February 9

  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete 'declaring an
emergency' and insert 'prescribing an effective date'.
  Delete lines 4 through 30 and delete page 2 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1) The Higher Education
Coordinating Commission shall convene a work group to examine and
recommend adoption of strategies for making textbooks more
affordable for students at all post-secondary institutions in
this state.
  ' (2) The work group shall analyze the success and shortcomings
of ORS 337.500 to 337.506 and the textbook affordability
provisions of the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act of
2008 regarding textbook bundling and price disclosure for
textbooks and shall:
  ' (a) Identify and examine textbook cost-savings strategies,
including:
  ' (A) Statewide bulk purchasing of textbooks;
  ' (B) Statewide used book exchanges;
  ' (C) Use of lower cost instructional materials, such as open
source textbooks and other open source materials;
  ' (D) Promotion of instructor-created open source textbooks by
Oregon faculty or teams of Oregon faculty;
  ' (E) Use of statewide licenses for textbooks;
  ' (F) Use of shared online materials;
  ' (G) Creation of a statewide central repository allowing
instructors to locate and use free or low-cost materials;
  ' (H) Use of textbook rentals;
  ' (I) Facilitation of peer-to-peer textbook sales;
  ' (J) Use of print on demand services for book publishing; and
  ' (K) Partnering with other state, regional and national
organizations in adopting textbook cost-savings strategies; and
  ' (b) Recommend implementation strategies and, through the
State Board of Higher Education and the State Board of Education,
recommend how community colleges and institutions of higher
education may implement the strategies.
  ' (3) The work group shall solicit significant participation in
its analysis from:
  ' (a) Students, faculty and bookstore managers at community
colleges and institutions of higher education; and
  ' (b) Publishers that provide books and other materials to
bookstores at community colleges and institutions of higher
education.
  ' (4) Upon receiving the work group's recommendations, the
Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall deliberate upon
the recommendations. The commission shall forward the
recommendations to the interim committee of the Legislative
Assembly with subject matter authority over higher education
before November 1, 2012.
  ' (5) Any strategies recommended by the work group must respect
the principles of academic freedom, maintain quality of
instruction, foster student success and respect copyright law.
  ' (6) The recommendations must identify strategies that require
rule adoption by the State Board of Higher Education and the
State Board of Education, and strategies that require additional
legislation.
  ' (7) The work group shall hold at least three public meetings
during the preparation of its recommendations to solicit
additional participation from students, faculty and the general
public.
  ' (8) The work group may accept technical assistance from any
source in preparing its recommendations. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + Section 1 of this 2012 Act is
repealed on the date of the convening of the 2013 regular session
of the Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + Section 1 of this 2012 Act takes
effect on July 1, 2012. + } ' .
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