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From the bill: (1) Existing law establishes the segments of the postsecondary education system in the state, including the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
This
bill would establish the College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015 to
reduce costs for college students by encouraging faculty to accelerate
the adoption of lower cost, high-quality open educational resources, as
defined.
The bill would create the
Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive Program to provide
incentives and reward campus, staff, and faculty efforts to accelerate
the adoption of open educational resources. The bill would require that
specified
moneys for the program be used by campuses to create and support
faculty and staff professional development, open educational resource
curation activities, curriculum modification, or technology support for
faculty, staff, and students, as specified. The bill would authorize the
local academic senate of a campus of the California State University or
the California Community Colleges to (A) adopt a local campus
resolution to increase student access to high-quality open educational
resources and reduce the cost of textbooks and supplies for students,
and (B) upon adoption of the resolution, develop a specified plan, in
collaboration with students and the administration, that describes
evidence of the campus’ commitment and readiness to spend grant money
from the fund to support faculty adoption of open educational resources.
The bill would require the California Open Education Resources Council
to review and approve the plan, and, if it meets these and other
specified requirements, would authorize the
Chancellor of the California State University to award an initial
grant of up to $50,000 to the campus from the fund. The bill would
require additional bonus grants to be distributed to participating
campuses if certain benchmarks are met. The bill would cap the number of
initial grants that may be approved by the California Open Education
Resources Council each award year at 100. The bill would require the
California Digital Open Source Library, also known as the California
Open Online Library for Education, in consultation with the
Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates, to report to the
Legislature before September 1 of each year, commencing in 2018, as to
whether the grants are increasing the rate of adoption of open
educational resources and decreasing textbook costs for college
students.
The bill would make these provisions inoperative on September 1, 2020, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2021.
(2) Existing
law appropriates, from specified funds, $5,000,000 to the Chancellor of
the California State University to fund, among other things, the
establishment and administration of the California Open Education
Resources Council and the California Digital Open Source Library.
This
bill would specify that $3,000,000 of those funds are reappropriated
for allocation for the Open Educational Resources Adoption Incentive
Program. Of the remaining $2,000,000, the bill would specify that up to
$200,000 may be used for the California Open Online Library for
Education and up to $27,000 may be used for stipends to members of the
California Open Education Resources Council, as specified...
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