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

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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-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 4058

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Higher
  Education)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

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

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  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.

Enrolled House Bill 4058 (HB 4058-A)                       Page 1

  (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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Passed by House February 28, 2012

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate March 1, 2012

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2012

Approved:

......M.,............., 2012

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2012

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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