E2SHB 2337 -
By Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
ADOPTED 02/29/2012
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds the state's recent
adoption of common core K-12 standards provides an opportunity to
develop a library of high-quality, openly licensed K-12 courseware that
is aligned with these standards. By developing this library of openly
licensed courseware and making it available to school districts free of
charge, the state and school districts will be able to provide students
with curricula and texts while substantially reducing the expenses that
districts would otherwise incur in purchasing these materials. In
addition, this library of openly licensed courseware will provide
districts and students with a broader selection of materials, and
materials that are more up-to-date.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 28A.300
RCW to read as follows:
(1)(a) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this
specific purpose, the superintendent of public instruction shall take
the lead in identifying and developing a library of openly licensed
courseware aligned with the common core state standards and placed
under an attribution license, registered by a nonprofit or for-profit
organization with domain expertise in open courseware, that allows
others to use, distribute, and create derivative works based upon the
digital material, while still allowing the authors or creators to
retain the copyright and to receive credit for their efforts.
(b) During the course of identification and development of a
library of openly licensed courseware, the superintendent:
(i) May contract with third parties for all or part of the
development;
(ii) May adopt or adapt existing high quality openly licensed K-12
courseware aligned with the common core state standards;
(iii) May consider multiple sources of openly licensed courseware;
(iv) Must use best efforts to seek additional outside funding by
actively partnering with private organizations;
(v) Must work collaboratively with other states that have adopted
the common core state standards and collectively share results; and
(vi) Must include input from classroom practitioners, including
teacher-librarians as defined by RCW 28A.320.240, in the results
reported under subsection (2)(d) of this section.
(2) The superintendent of public instruction must also:
(a) Advertise to school districts the availability of openly
licensed courseware, with an emphasis on the fact that the courseware
is available at no cost to the districts;
(b) Identify an open courseware repository to which openly licensed
courseware identified and developed under this section may be
submitted, in which openly licensed courseware may be housed, and from
which openly licensed courseware may be easily accessed, all at no cost
to school districts;
(c) Provide professional development programs that offer support,
guidance, and instruction regarding the creation, use, and continuous
improvement of open courseware; and
(d) Report to the governor and the education committees of the
legislature on a biennial basis, beginning December 1, 2013, and ending
December 1, 2017, regarding identification and development of a library
of openly licensed courseware aligned with the common core state
standards and placed under an attribution license, use by school
districts of openly licensed courseware, and professional development
programs provided.
(3) School districts may, but are not required to, use any of the
openly licensed courseware.
(4) As used in this section, "courseware" includes the course
syllabus, scope and sequence, instructional materials, modules,
textbooks, including the teacher's edition, student guides,
supplemental materials, formative and summative assessment supports,
research articles, research data, laboratory activities, simulations,
videos, open-ended inquiry activities, and any other educationally
useful materials.
(5) The open educational resources account is created in the
custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from funds collected
under this section must be deposited into the account. Expenditures
from the account may be used only for the development of openly
licensed courseware as described in this section. Only the
superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee
may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to
allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is
not required for expenditures.
(6) This section expires June 30, 2018."
E2SHB 2337 -
By Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
ADOPTED 02/29/2012
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "education;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date."
EFFECT: Input from classroom teachers includes input from
teacher-librarians, who are certificated teachers with a library media
endorsement.
An account is created for open educational resources funds.
OSPI may consider openly licensed courseware from for-profit
organizations as well as nonprofit organizations.
OSPI may consider multiple sources of openly licensed courseware.
Clarifies that OSPI will be identifying sources of openly licensed
courseware and developing a library of openly licensed courseware,
rather than actually developing the courseware.