Bill Text: TX HR1011 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Division of Digital Learning on receiving the 2022 Open Policy Award from Open Education Global.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1011 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1011-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1011 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| Howard | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1011 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 11, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
