HB 2686-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Requires community and technical colleges to revise their college catalogs and course descriptions to designate which courses qualify as having open educational resources. |
Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to: (1) Administer a grant program to fund campus level coordinations to promote and facilitate expansion of the open course library; and |
(2) Administer a grant program to support colleges that seek to develop an entire degree or certificate program composed of courses designated as having open educational resources. |
Requires the student achievement council to administer a grant program to fund campus level coordinators to promote and facilitate access to open educational resources for the four-year institutions of higher education. |
Provides that sections 4 through 7 of this act are null and void if appropriations are not approved. |