Virginia House Joint Resolution 176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Rules

Study; JCOTS to study open education resources; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study opportunities to implement open education resources in the Commonwealth's K-12 public schools. In conducting its study, the Joint Commission on Technology and Science shall (i) evaluate opportunities to incentivise local school divisions to use open education resources, creative commons materials, and public domain texts; (ii) identify policies and legislation that would facilitate the use and sharing of educational materials developed by teachers in local school divisions across the Commonwealth; (iii) identify information technology barriers to greater implementation of open education resources and computer-based learning; and (iv) consider such other related issues as the joint commission deems appropriate.

Public schools; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study open education resources.

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-12		House: Left in Rules
2008-01-09		House: Referred to Committee on Rules
2008-01-09		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 085673676

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HJ176