Bill: SB 1481, 85(R) - 2017

Committee

Senate Education

2nd Chamber Committee

House Public Education

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Yes Neutral Neutral Neutral Positive Neutral

Author(s)

Larry Taylor

Sponsor(s)

Dwayne Bohac

Bill Caption

Relating to the instructional materials and technology allotment, open education resource instructional materials, and the State Board of Education long-range technology plan.

Fiscal Notes

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 

Bill Analysis

The bill would require the State Board of Education to consider a school district's need for technology as well as instructional materials in reviewing and adopting instructional materials,and would allow the agency to limit the adoption of instructional materials to provide sufficient resources to purchase technology resources.. This bill would also establish the open education resource that would utilize teaching and learning materials in the public domain to be used to further educational innovation in the classroom.

Vote Recommendation Notes

We appreciate steps toward making educational information more accessible to the classroom through these open education resources; as well as the creation of more of a process to determine the need for technological instructional materials and instituting more transparency in this allotment system. For these reason, we support SB 1481.

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