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.